911 Outages Reported Wednesday Night in 4 States [Video]

Widespread 911 outages were reported across four states on Wednesday, April 17, according to officials.

Several parts of Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas lost access to emergency services in the evening, prompting authorities to ask the public to use alternative methods of reaching operators until service was restored hours later.

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced on social media on Wednesday at around 10:40 p.m. CT that there had been a “911 service interruption throughout the state” and that efforts were “underway to resolve the issue.”

Until then, the South Dakota DPS recommended that people text “9-1-1” instead. If that was not an option, they also recommended that citizens reach out to their “local police and county sheriff offices emergency services using their non-emergency line.”

About two hours later, the South Dakota DPS shared that service was “restored” to its 911 system and that it was “fully operational and ready to respond promptly to any situation.”

Other major …