Amazon.com says its cloud service has returned to normal operations after an internet outage that caused global turmoil among thousands of sites, including some of the web's most popular apps like Snapchat and Reddit.

In an update the company said the underlying cause of the outage had been fixed, while noting there were still connectivity issues on some AWS services.

Amazon added that some AWS services had a backlog of messages that would take a few hours to process.

The disruption knocked workers from London to Tokyo offline and halted others from conducting normal everyday tasks like paying hairdressers or changing their airline tickets.

It was the largest internet disruption since last year's CrowdStrike malfunction hobbled technology systems in hospitals, banks and airports, highl

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