The article you posted reports about "hundreds of people in the dark for hours on end". That makes the news, compared to hundreds of thousands of customers in the dark in the US not making any sensation.

I posted it already in this discussion, but [1] shows a power outage once a year or more is typical in Italy.

People in France, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom can go 5 or more years between power outages.

[1] https://reports.electricinsights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20...