A diversity of downtime: the Q4 2024 Internet disruption summary

Cloudflare’s Q4 2024 Internet Disruption Summary chronicles worldwide connectivity outages driven primarily by non-cyber causes: double fiber cuts in Rwanda and Niger; nationwide and regional power failures in Cuba, Guadeloupe, Kenya, and Ukraine (amid Russian strikes); storm- and quake-related impacts from Hurricane Milton (Florida), Cyclone Chido (Mayotte), and a M7.3 earthquake in Vanuatu (compounded by a cable-landing power issue); and provider events including maintenance outages at Salt Mobile and Tusass A/S and a multi-state Verizon Fios disruption. It also documents government-directed mobile Internet shutdowns in Mozambique, notes minimal user impact from Baltic Sea cable cuts due to network resilience, and provides timing, scope, and recovery observations across affected networks.