Electrical supply company Edesur tweeted that a massive failure happened in the electrical interconnection system.
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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.
Una falla masiva en el sistema de interconexión eléctrica dejó sin energía a toda la Argentina y Uruguay. Ampliaremos con más información. #SinLuz #CortedeLuz
— Edesur Argentina (@OficialEdesur) June 16, 2019
The capital Buenos Aires had been severely affected and so have Mendoza and Comodoro Rivadavia.
BREAKING: A massive power failure has left Uruguay and Argentina completely without power, affecting close to 50 million people. Cause for the incident unclear.
— News_Executive (@News_Executive) June 16, 2019
Roughly 50 million people are effected by the power-shortage. It is unclear when normal electric power service will resume.
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