Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_outage" id="mwAVc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Power outage">blackouts</a> lasting up to 13 hours in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965" id="mwAVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northeast blackout of 1965">Northeast blackout of 1965</a>.