Ever wondered why your internet connection went offline? Cloudflare’s third-quarter report reveals global internet disruptions were driven by collapsing power grids, natural disasters, and government shutdowns.
Power proved to be the most fragile dependency, with Cuba’s grid failing four times and a single blackout in Honduras cutting national traffic by 63%. In Iraq, routine exam-related shutdowns accounted for 18 distinct outages. Natural disasters also caused havoc, with Super Typhoons hitting Guam and a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia causing a four-day blackout.
Even resilient networks suffered, with data center cooling failures and cyber attacks causing major disruptions. See the full report at https://blog.cloudflare.com/q3-2026-internet-disruption-summary/