Power grid crash leaves 370m feeling the heat

Northern India’s power grid crashed, halting hundreds of trains, forcing hospitals and airports to use back-up generators, and leaving 370m sweltering in the summer heat.

The blackout, the worst to hit India in a decade, highlighted the nation’s inability to feed a growing hunger for energy as it strives to become a regional economic power.

Small businesses were forced to shut for the day. Buildings were without water because the pumps weren’t working.