Major power cut hits most of Brazil for hours

Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

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A major-scale power outage left all of Brazil's states but one in the dark on Tuesday morning while the causes for such an event are still under investigation, it was reported. However, the National Electric System Operator (ONS) said that the reasons for the blackout and why the power grids linking the north and south of the country were separate issues. Authorities in South America's largest country said supply was back to normal after six hours. Read full article

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FortHay
So it wasn't organized criminals knocking down power poles to steal the copper wire? In our area of the Nordeste that was a regular occurrence during the last few years until the power company replaced most of the transmission lines with aluminum wires.
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