In the United States Virgin Islands , brief blackouts Lighting and damage Damaging reaching Arriving $ 200,000 ( 2000 USD ) was reported Reporting .

First held Hold on December 31 , 1907 , to welcome 1908 , the ball drop Motion_directional has been held Hold annually since , except in 1942 and 1943 in observance of wartime blackouts .

After traveling Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean , the storm Catastrophe system hit Attack parts of Great Britain and Ireland and the Scandinavian peninsula , causing Causation even more widespread blackouts and a small number of deaths Death in the region .

Cuts to transport links including damage Damaging to numerous bridges , communication interruptions , electrical blackouts and water supply problems were experienced across wide areas .

Two severe power blackouts Motion affected Influence most of northern and eastern India on 30 and 31 July 2012 .