Blackout hits 4 nations in Central America, affects millions

By The Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A failure in Central America’s electrical grid has left millions of people without power for hours in at least four countries.

Honduras is the country hardest hit by Monday’s blackout, with the entirety of its territory and its more than 9 million inhabitants affected.

Leonardo Deras of the state electric company said at a news conference that the problem arose from an overload at a substation on the Caribbean coast.

Salvador Mansell is president of the company responsible for power transmission in Nicaragua. He said the blackout hit the capital, Managua, and the main departments.

There are about 600,000 paying customers for electricity in Nicaragua. Internet service and water distribution in parts of the capital were also knocked out.

El Salvador and Guatemala also had partial outages.

The Associated Press

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