‘Unprecedented’ power outage hits Argentina and Uruguay, affecting tens of millions

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The outage affected Argentina’s transportation system and water supply. It halted trains and knocked out traffic lights

A widespread power failure early Sunday left a large section of South America, including all of mainland Argentina and Uruguay, without power and an energy company official called the blackout “unprecedented.”

Uruguay’s energy supplier, UTE, also said on Twitter that a malfunction in the Argentine network before dawn had left the “entire national territory” without service.“There is a complete blackout in Argentina,” said Alejandra Martínez, a spokeswoman for Edesur, which serves parts of the capital, Buenos Aires, and its suburbs and has more than 2.5 million customers. Martínez described the blackout in Argentina as “unprecedented.

The blackout occurred on a weekend when Buenos Aires and its suburbs have been hit by heavy rainfall. An economist in Uruguay said on Twitter that radio outlets were reporting that 180,000 customers were without power in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, and 45,000 in Canelones, a city to the north of the capital.

 

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