Hi<br/><br/>Are these sentences natural in written English?<br/><br/><b>Nowadays power fails three or four times a day.</b><br/><br/><b>Nowadays power is failing three or four times a day.</b><br/><br/>Thanks,<br/><br/>Tom<br/><br/>PS: <i><b>Nowadays</b></i> and <i><b>these days</b></i> are the same?