{"id":68596,"date":"2025-05-02T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/68596\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:23:12","slug":"bali-plunged-into-mass-island-wide-blackouts-as-tourists-are-issued-a-frightening-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/68596\/","title":{"rendered":"Bali plunged into mass island-wide blackouts as tourists are issued a frightening warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The entire island of Bali in Indonesia<\/a> has been hit by a blackout that holidaymakers and locals have been warned might take up to 36 hours for authorities to fix.<\/p>\n

Power outages impacted thousands of homes, businesses and resorts across the tourist hotspot around 4pm local time on Friday.<\/p>\n

PT. PLN, the state utility company tasked with ensuring energy to Bali, has said it is investigating the source of the power outages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from the organisation said submarine cables connecting Denpasar to the mainland had been disrupted but that it was still looking into the matter.<\/p>\n

‘This problem is still being investigated,’ they said in a statement, reports Detik Bali<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bali is fed approximately 25 per cent of its entire electricity supply via these underwater cables which connect to the island of Java.<\/p>\n

PLN is currently trying to complete a system recovery before it can begin normalising its electrical output once again.<\/p>\n

During this time of repair all power plants across Bali have been disconnected as a safety measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"An <\/p>\n

An island-wide blackout hit Bali, in Indonesia, around 4pm local time on Friday\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The outage has caused massive traffic buildups as local police raced outside to help coordinate traffic\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Multiple <\/p>\n

Multiple venues and resorts have been forced to close while others continue operating in the darkness\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some locations throughout Denpasar have been able to temporarily survive off backup power generators but it is still unclear how long it will take for power to return.<\/p>\n

A local who talked to Daily Mail Australia, Putri, said she has been sweltering in the heat since her air conditioning stopped working amid the blackouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘This is the first time I’ve ever known the entire island to face a blackout,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘And Bali is hot right now and nobody can turn on their air conditioning, many people can no longer work also.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Offices have had to close which has also caused chaos but hopefully it will not take long for the power to return.’<\/p>\n

Putri said some beach resorts along Kuta that typically charge for entry had begun letting tourists in for free as they struggle to stay open.<\/p>\n

Traffic jams immediately broke out following the blackout and local police rushed to busy intersections to begin coordinating the built up traffic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Locals have also begun flooding social media looking for answers as to how long it will take for the island to recover.<\/p>\n

\"PLN, <\/p>\n

PLN, the local electricity provider, has confirmed that its submarine cables which connect Bali to the mainland had been disrupted which caused the blackout\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Locals <\/p>\n

Locals and holidaymakers alike immediately flooded to social media looking for answers regarding how long the power would remain out\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"However, <\/p>\n

However, it is currently unknown how long the problem will take to resolve\u00a0<\/p>\n

One person on social media began theorising how long the blackout would last based on historical data related to submarine cable failures.<\/p>\n

‘System stabilisation usually requires 4-8 hours to complete and critical infrastructure can take another 6-10 hours to come back online following that,’ one wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Then tourist areas and city centres become the priority but that can still take 8-12 hours and a complete restoration usually requires 12-36 hours.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Others however, were more concerned that their weekend might be ruined as venues are forced to shut down.<\/p>\n

‘Oh give me a break. Why is Bali experiencing a full blackout during the weekend,’ a holidaymaker wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Denpasar Airport has managed to maintain its power throughout the outage and there is no reports of flights having been delayed or cancelled.<\/p>\n

The last time a blackout this wide struck Indonesia was in 2005 when both the mainland and Bali lost electricity and more than 100 million people were affected.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miscommunications between power plants had led to a systems failure which struck at 10.23am local time on August 18.<\/p>\n

The nation’s capital, Jakarta, was one of many major locations impacted by its effects until power was restored at 5pm local time on the same day.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The entire island of Bali in Indonesia has been hit by a blackout that holidaymakers and locals have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,8262,12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-68596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-indonesia","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114438694938283081","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}