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Darkness spreads in South America; Uruguay, Argentina suffer power outage

Electrical supply company Edesur tweeted that a massive failure happened in the electrical interconnection system.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
June 16, 2019 18:40
Darkness spreads in South America; Uruguay, Argentina suffer power outage

Laurie Jones, 57, and her husband, Joe Jones, 59, from Johnsonville, SC during a power outage caused by Hurricane Florence in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., September 14, 2018. Picture taken September 14, 2018. . (photo credit: STEPHEN YANG / REUTERS)

Trains halted and traffic lights malfunctioned in the whole of Argentina on Sunday, disrupting local elections, BBC reported.

Electrical supply company Edesur tweeted that a massive failure happened in the electrical interconnection system.


The capital Buenos Aires had been severely affected and so have Mendoza and Comodoro Rivadavia.


Roughly 50 million people are effected by the power-shortage. It is unclear when normal electric power service will resume.


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