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ELECTRICAL FAILURE
LEAVES ARGENTINA AND
URUGUAY WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY
16
June, 2019
A
widespread power failure left all of Argentina and Uruguay along with
parts of Paraguay and without electricity on Sunday morning.
The
problems started at approximately 7:07am local time when there was a
collapse of the Argentine Interconnection System (SADI). This caused
a massive power outage that affected Uruguay and Paraguay also.
Almost 50 million people across South America were affected by this
power outage.
EDESUR,
an Argentinian electricity company said that as of 10:52am local
time, 75,000 of their clients had their electricity supply restored
but it would take several hours to normalise the service again.
The
Power Outage was most severe due to the time it happened according to
the Argentine Secretariat of Energy as there was low demand on the
system meaning some power plants weren’t online to help cover the
load and restore power sooner.
The
cause of the power outage was reportedly due to a failure in the high
voltage power lines connecting the Yacyreta dam to Buenos Aires.
Footage
from Uruguay after a major systems failure left Argentina and Uruguay
without power and has affected parts of Paraguay, Brazil and
Peru#Argentina #Uruguay pic.twitter.com/lEaEXw3g6M
—
CNW
(@ConflictsW) June 16, 2019
Videos
were posted online showing large areas of Argentina and uruguay in
darkness in the early hours of the morning after the power failure.
#CorteDeLuz
terrible!! Jamás vi algo así! pic.twitter.com/y5YYaGdLf2
—
Lucas
(@lucas_m_rod) June 16, 2019
This
video shows Buenos Aires in darkness this morning due to the power
failure.
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