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human
ELI5: What exactly happens when a lightning strikes causes the power to go out, and what happens that causes it come back on again after a random amount of time?

Happened a few times last night. Very close lightning strike, power dies, 10-90 seconds later it would just come back on like nothing happened. If nothing is damaged, what makes it go off in the first place?
gpt
Voltage and current spikes cause circuit breakers to open, interrupting service. This is to protect the grid, transformers and systems from failure. After a while, the breakers are closed, restoring service to impacted areas.