This is the 11618th most frequent German word.
stromausfälle
Power outages.
Here, 'Stromausfälle' is used as the plural noun referring to occurrences of power shortages.
Die Stromausfälle waren in der letzten Woche häufiger als gewöhnlich.
The power outages were more frequent than usual last week.
In this sentence, 'Stromausfälle' is the cause of the following action, highlighting its impact.
Wegen der Stromausfälle mussten viele Geschäfte vorzeitig schließen.
Because of the power outages, many businesses had to close early.
The word 'Stromausfälle' refers here to potential future shortages that are aimed to be avoided.