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Posted: 2019-06-17T03:02:21Z | Updated: 2019-06-17T06:38:29Z

Millions struggle in 'unprecedented' South American blackout. More here: https://t.co/dCyJAaGxxL pic.twitter.com/8UEYG6eRB5

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Millions struggle in 'unprecedented' South American blackout. More here: https://t.co/dCyJAaGxxL pic.twitter.com/8UEYG6eRB5

Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 17, 2019

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) A massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday in what the Argentine president called an unprecedented failure in the countries power grid.

Authorities were working frantically to restore power, and by the evening electricity had returned to 98% of Argentina, according to state news agency Telam. Power also had been restored to most of Uruguays 3 million people as well as to people in neighboring Paraguay.

On Sunday morning, Argentine voters were forced to cast ballots by the light of cellphones in gubernatorial elections. Public transportation was halted, shops closed and patients dependent on home medical equipment were urged to go to hospitals with generators.

This is an unprecedented case that will be investigated thoroughly, Argentine President Mauricio Macri said on Twitter.