A massive power outage hit Chile Tuesday, stranding commuters, knocking out traffic lights, paralyzing countless businesses, and leaving most of the South American country without electricity.
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00:00A massive power outage hit Chile Tuesday, surrounding commuters, knocking out traffic
00:05lights, paralysing countless businesses and leaving most of the South American country
00:09without electricity.
00:11According to the National Electrical Coordinated, a disruption occurred in a high-voltage transmission
00:17line that carries power from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile to the capital of Santiago
00:23in the country's central valley.
00:25On the other hand, Interior Minister Carolina Toha said hospitals, prisons and government
00:30buildings were switching on backup generators to keep essential equipment operating.
00:36Toha urged the public to stay calm and said officials were racing to put the grid back
00:41in operation and restore electric service across the country of some 19 million people.