About Blackout Earth
Blackout Earth is a live map and postcode checker for infrastructure incidents — power cuts, flood warnings, severe weather, water incidents, earthquakes, fires and disasters — refreshed continuously from official sources. It is an independent project and is not affiliated with any network operator, agency or authority. In an emergency always follow official advice; call 105 for power cuts or 999 for dangerous situations.
⚡ Power cut coverage
We poll five of the six UK Distribution Network Operators directly (~96% of UK households). SP Energy loads in your browser; Northern Powergrid is not covered yet.
Live power cuts (loaded in your browser — their API blocks datacentre access)
Scotland, Merseyside, North Wales, Cheshire
Not yet available — their enquiry system blocks automated access
North East & Yorkshire
📡 Other sources
Power stations (35k plants: nuclear, wind, solar, hydro, thermal)
Global
Live nuclear reactor status — offline/derated units, US + 9 countries
Global
ICS advisories — industrial control system equipment
Global
🔍 How matching works
- Exact match first — your postcode is checked against each incident's official affected-postcode list.
- Outcode fallback — if not listed, incidents affecting your postcode district (e.g. SE1) are matched via postcodes.io.
- Radius fallback — otherwise we show incidents within 5 km of your postcode centre.
- Freshness — every source is stamped with its last fetch time; the map auto-refreshes every 60 s and alert checks run hourly.
🔒 Privacy
- Postcode alerts store only your email + postcode, used solely to deliver alerts you subscribed to. Unsubscribe anytime from any alert email.
- No tracking, no analytics cookies, no data sales.
Found a bug or a source we should add? Check in on Telegram — Blackout Earth is a continuously improving project.