Short-circuited lines should not have caused the cascading effect that led to power outages across thousands of kilometres of high-voltage electrical lines.

The most powerful innovations are relevant in the way they create a cascading effect of new ways of thinking and living.

Debris from artificial satellites in orbit has created a cascading effect of collisions, leading to the destruction of nearly all satellites, both civilian and military.

This caused a cascading effect which left the oldest stock built up to the 1880s for railway use.

In addition to the results they generate themselves, benefit concerts also generate a kind of cascading effect.