More than 2,000 Entergy customers were left in the dark Sunday night after a mylar balloon struck a power line in New Orleans ...

Nearly 4,000 households lost power in Southern California this week. The culprit? A shiny balloon, utility officials say. "We have thousands of these outages every year — it's a big problem," a ...

Thousands of residents woke up without power in the North Myrtle Beach area. Santee Cooper released the cause of the outage.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Carnival season is in full swing, but with it comes a reminder from local officials and utility providers about the dangers of Mylar or foil balloons and confetti cannons. Both ...

With graduation ceremonies and other festive occasions coming up, experts are asking the public to tie down and properly dispose of popular, colorful Mylar balloons — or better yet, find an ...

According to WWL-TV, Entergy said the outage started when a mylar balloon came into contact with a power line, knocking out ...

Santee Cooper reveals what caused more than 4,000 homes to be without power on Thursday morning.

Southern California Edison was warning you ahead of graduation season to please, please not release mylar — those shiny, silver-like balloons — into the sky. Although the metallic balloons may hold ...

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — No matter if it's done in memoriam or celebration, it creates a problem floating across the country. As we wrap up Earth Month, Ronnie from Ellsworth wants to know: What happens ...

Mylar balloons on a distribution line knocked out power early Thursday morning to more than 4,000 Santee Cooper customers on ...