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‘Never before’: MILLIONS could be without light as Argentina & Uruguay hit by nationwide blackouts ‘Never before’: MILLIONS left without power as Argentina & Uruguay hit by nationwide blackouts
(about 13 hours later)
Entire cities descended into darkness as a massive, first-of-its-kind blackout swept across Argentina and Uruguay on Sunday morning. The unexplained calamity will take up to eight hours to fix, officials say. Entire cities descended into darkness as a massive, first-of-its-kind blackout swept across Argentina and Uruguay over the weekend. While the power has been restored in Argentina, it is yet to be fully restore in Uruguay.
Argentina suffered a “nationwide” blackout, which also affected neighboring Uruguay, Alejandra Martinez, a spokesperson for the Buenos Aires-based electricity supplier company Edesur, told local media. “Something like this has never happened before,” she said. Argentina suffered a “nationwide” blackout, which also affected neighboring Uruguay, Alejandra Martinez, a spokesperson for the Buenos Aires-based electricity supplier company Edesur, told local media.“Something like this has never happened before,” she said.
The company had earlier explained that the massive power outage happened due to a failure in the electrical interconnection system. The blackout itself started at 7:07am local time on Sunday, according to Argentinian officials.
While no official number is yet available, millions are believed to be affected by the outage. The blackout itself, which affected as many as 44 million people, started at 7:07 am local time on Sunday. It took the company around 10 hours to restore services to households which only happened after 5:30pm local time. The company had earlier explained that the massive power outage occurred due to a failure in the electrical interconnection system.
Neighboring Uruguay, with a population of roughly 4 million, also suffered power outage at the same time. While the utility company, UTE, managed to restore 98.5 percent of its service back "from zero," by 6:30 pm. The company said the works will continue “until dawn.”
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Meanwhile, there have been reports of electrical power loss in some cities in southern Brazil and Chile too. Paraguay, Brazil and Chine also reported localized losses of power throughout the day.
Argentina’s Civil Protection Minister Daniel Russo estimated that it will take between six and eight hours to fully restore power in the country of over 44 million.
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