A nationwide blackout and 18 million people in the dark – this is the scene in Ecuador. According to Reuters, there was some chaos after traffic lights went out on the streets of the country’s capital, Quito, due to a power outage. The capital’s metro network also suffered disruptions.
Ecuador’s head of public works and energy, Roberto Luque, published a statement on the social network X (formerly Twitter).Reasons leading to blackout According to the same source, The situation will be fully resolved for at least four hours only.
“There is a failure in the transmission line which caused the layer to cut and that is why there is no power nationally.”
In the past few months, the country has suffered many setbacks Energy issues. The severity of the situation led Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa Declaration of “Energy Emergency”. in a country Severe drought and climate change Hydropower generation has been disrupted.
The mayor of Quito also spoke about the power outages in the city. According to him, the impact of the blackout was too great The city’s metro, which uses an “isolated system”, has affected the power system.
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