Power outage left millions of users without electricity in Brazil

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An electrical problem left numerous cities throughout Brazil in darkness on Tuesday, mainly in the north, northeast and southeast regions, official sources reported. teleSUR

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00:00 On Tuesday, a blackout affected Brazil's federal district and 25 of the 26 states of the South

00:05 American giant.

00:06 Roraima, in the extreme north of the country, was the only state not affected by the blackout.

00:12 The Ministry of Mines and Energy reported that the blackout occurred at 8.31 am local

00:17 time.

00:18 At first, it indicated that the National Systems Operators' Database registered an interruption

00:23 of 16,000 megawatts of load in states in the north and northeast of Brazil.

00:27 Later, it pointed out that the southeastern states were also affected, detailing that

00:33 the interruption was caused by the opening of the North-Southeast Interconnection.

00:37 The causes of this event are still under investigation.

00:41 At 9.16 local time, power was restored in all the affected regions.

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