A series of Facebook posts from Aqualectra confirms that #Curaçao is being impacted by a widespread power outage. Starting ~06:45 UTC (02:45 local), #Internet traffic dropped by as much as 86% compared to the prior week.

https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/cw?dateRange=1d

https://www.facebook.com/AqualectraUtilityCuracao/posts/pfbid02wBV7CqovjuSTX52NCpYVqKAjzGkgoAurCUVnrVDCqKEA8hNpyRoh96SaGTUQ7C8Ll

On August 20, @letsencrypt switched certificate issuance to use intermediate certificates R12 and R13, retiring the use of R10 and R11. The shift is clearly visible in our #certificatetransparency graphs, starting ~18:00 UTC.

https://radar.cloudflare.com/certificate-transparency

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/switching-issuance-to-new-intermediates/240073

Damage to fiber optic infrastructure in the Delmas Area has caused a disruption to #Internet traffic for Digicel Haiti customers. Traffic dropped ~50% between 19:00-19:30 UTC (15:00-15:30 local time).

https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as27653?dateRange=1d

https://x.com/jpbrun30/status/1960437559558869220

#Internet shutdowns are also once again occurring in the non-Kurdish regions of Iraq, intended to prevent cheating on exams. Scheduled daily (except Friday) through September 13, connectivity will be cut between 06:00-08:00 local time (+3 UTC).

https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/iq

The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has again ordered Internet services to be suspended between 6:30 and 7:45 local time (+3 UTC) during the public school exams. These shutdowns are expected every Monday/Wednesday/Saturday until September 8.

https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns/exams-shutdown-kurdistan-iraq-25-august-2025/

Swedish power company GEAB reported a power outage affecting all of the island of #Gotland. It began at 21:22 local time (19:22 UTC), and was restored two hours later. #Internet traffic dropped ~30% as the power failed.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/stromavbrott-pa-hela-gotland-w0wumg

https://www.facebook.com/gotlandsenergi/posts/pfbid02AuQcpAfAmfhzyAtaVQeonn3vxdscmj6XWCc1TAXG82sivy56NSj6QZwhagJE4pY9l

Pakistani backbone provider PTCL is experiencing a near-complete outage, with traffic dropping over 90% around 16:10 UTC.

Interestingly, traffic to Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS Resolver spiked concurrently with the observed outage.

https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as17557?dateRange=1d