⚠️ Confirmed: #Pakistan is experiencing a nation-scale internet disruption, with real-time network data showing connectivity at 39% of ordinary levels; operators report an issue with the optical fiber backbone due to heavy rain and flooding 📉

Update: Internet access is largely restored in #Pakistan after a technical fault in the PTCL fiber optic network caused a major outage between Northern and Central regions; incident duration ~7hours

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics corroborate reports of a disruption to YouTube in Pakistan on multiple internet providers; the incident comes as former PM Imran Khan live streams on the platform despite a ban by media regulator PEMRA

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/youtube-disrupted-in-pakistan-as-former-pm-khan-streams-speech-XADMq6Bg

ℹ️ Note: Police have made an arrest relating to the intentional damage of fiber optic cables in Wausau, Wisconsin on Saturday, resulting in a significant internet and telecoms outage; network data show connectivity fell to 64% of ordinary levels on Spectrum's network in the area.

⚠️ Confirmed: A nation-scale internet disruption has been registered in #Pakistan; the incident affects multiple providers including PTCL, Nayatel and StormFiber with real-time network data showing connectivity at 38% of ordinary levels 📉

📰 Previously: https://netblocks.org/reports/youtube-disrupted-in-pakistan-as-former-pm-khan-streams-speech-XADMq6Bg

ℹ️ Update: Connectivity has returned to #Pakistan after an internet outage that saw national connectivity fall to 38% of ordinary levels, with high impact to peers of backbone operator PTCL; incident duration ~2 hours

ℹ️ Note: Internet provider Bilink which serves Kyiv, #Ukraine is experiencing an extended outage; the company reports unspecified complications at the network core

⚠️ Confirmed: #Pakistan is again in the midst of a nation-scale internet outage, the second in 24 hours; the incident affects multiple providers including PTCL with real-time network data showing connectivity at 38% of ordinary levels 📉

📰 Previously: https://netblocks.org/reports/youtube-disrupted-in-pakistan-as-former-pm-khan-streams-speech-XADMq6Bg

ℹ️ Update: Internet service has been restored in #Pakistan after another nation-scale disruption with connectivity levels falling to 38% of ordinary levels; the incident has had high impact to peers of backbone operator PTCL in a similar pattern to the previous instance

⚠️ Confirmed: A power outage on the island of #Maui, Hawaii has knocked out internet connectivity for many users; network data show impact to several cities in the region

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to communications at #Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, #Ukraine, amid Russian hostilities.

The NPP has been completely disconnected from the grid for the first time in history per Energoatom.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ

ℹ️ Update: Metrics show network connectivity is now restored in the vicinity of #Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant following yesterday's disconnection of the facility from #Ukraine's grid. One unit is now reconnected to the grid per Energoatom.

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ

ℹ️ Confirmed: Significant power outages amid severe weather conditions in #Michigan have knocked out internet access for many users; real-time network data show a 10% fall in observable connectivity with high impact to Detroit in recent hours ⛈️📉

ℹ️ Confirmed: A significant internet outage has been registered on provider Breezeline (Atlantic Broadband) with metrics showing high impact to Maryland, Virginia and Delaware; the operator reports damage to fiber facilities 📉

ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity is being restored on provider Breezeline in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware after an overhead fiber cut, sending many subscribers offline across the US East Coast; incident duration ~5 hours 📈

ℹ️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant disruption to internet service at Yale University in Connecticut; students are reporting difficulty getting online as classes get started for the new term 📉

ℹ️ Confirmed: A moderate internet outage has been registered on state-run provider ABA CANTV in Miranda, #Venezuela; the incident has high impact to Guatire/Guarenas and other cities in the region 📉 #SinInternet #1Sep

ℹ️ Confirmed: A power outage has impacted internet connectivity in #Oman; data show a significant collapse in network traffic from ~1:30 p.m. local time; authorities have identified a technical issue affecting power transmission lines 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics corroborate reports of a new disruption to YouTube in #Pakistan; the incident comes as former PM Imran Khan appears on screen to live stream a speech on the platform, following a pattern observed in August #PeshawarJalsa

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/youtube-disrupted-in-pakistan-as-former-pm-khan-streams-speech-XADMq6Bg

⚠️ Update: Metrics confirm that YouTube is disrupted on multiple internet providers in #Pakistan as former Prime Minister Imran Khan live streams; the restrictions come despite the lifting of PEMRA's ban on Khan's speeches by the Islamabad High Court

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/youtube-disrupted-in-pakistan-as-former-pm-khan-streams-speech-XADMq6Bg

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a nation-scale internet disruption across the Kingdom of #Eswatini; the incident comes just after the southern African country's independence day 📉