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911 Service Outages Reported in Nevada, Nebraska, and South Dakota
**911 outages** reported in Nevada, Nebraska, and all of South Dakota — Las Vegas residents asked to text instead. For more details, check out the original article.
Quick Facts
- 911 service crashed across at least three states Wednesday evening, affecting several municipalities in Nevada and Nebraska, as well as the entire state of South Dakota.
- Las Vegas residents were advised to text 911 as calls from landlines were not working, while the city of Henderson reported similar outages.
- South Dakota confirmed that the outages affected the entire state, leading to a plea from the Rapid City Police Department to stop testing the system with unnecessary calls.
911 service crashed across at least three states Wednesday evening, affecting several municipalities in Nevada and Nebraska, as well as the entire state of South Dakota. The service seemingly dropped at the same time, with Las Vegas police first reporting that 911 calls weren’t making it through to dispatchers. Las Vegas residents were urged to text 911, as calls from landlines were not working. The nearby city of Henderson reported similar outages, but like Las Vegas, was unable to provide a timeframe for the service to be reinstated.
In Nebraska, the Buffalo County and City of Kearney Emergency Call Center also reported outages but didn’t specify the extent of the interrupted service, instead asking those in need to dial alternate, non-emergency numbers. South Dakota confirmed that the outages affected the entire state, leading to a plea from the Rapid City Police Department to stop testing the system with unnecessary calls.
The cause of the widespread outages — and why the three states were the only ones affected — was not clear Wednesday. South Dakota is linked to Nebraska by its southern border, but Nevada is roughly 1,000 miles away from either.
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