Japan Sees Partial Blackout After First-Ever Power Supply Warning
Parts of Japan lost power on Tuesday.
Tokyo:
Parts of Japan were without power on Tuesday after the government issued its first electricity supply warning and urged consumers to save energy as last week’s massive earthquake forced some factories electricity must stop working.
To alleviate electricity shortages amid unusually cold weather in eastern Japan on Tuesday, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said it would receive up to 1.42 million kilowatts of electricity from seven utilities. electricity company in the area.
Despite efforts, Tepco said that as of 11:34 a.m. (0234 GMT), about 2,120 households in three prefectures near Tokyo were without power.
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