During the night, an electrical outage resets the alarm clocks and causes the family to oversleep.

Unlike most days, an electrical outage earlier that week had forced the workers to light kerosene lanterns and torches, some portable, some set into the mine walls.

Following the storm, residents were warned to boil their water and be cautious of potential food contamination due to electrical outages.

Another factor was the storm that hit that evening, causing electrical outages and hindering communications.

New power stations arrived, and there were fewer electrical outages.