Minor events can cause a failure in the U.S. power grid, impacting large sections of the country.

Events like floods, superstorms, wildfires, heat waves, fuel supply shortages and cyberattacks can cause a power outage in one section of the country, creating a "butterfly effect" that impacts much larger regions. There is a solution. Learn more on NSF's "The Discovery Files."This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.
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