Major Power outage hits multiple Central American countries

A massive power outage hit Central America, causing millions of people to lose electricity for hours.

Countries affected by the outage included Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico. The countries are all on the same power grid, which extends approximately 1,130 miles between Panama and Guatemala.

There were 71 reported accidents across the country during the power outage.

The outage was so vast across Costa Rica that all of its power plants lost power for hours at a time.

The outage reportedly cost the Panamanian economy $1.3 million in lost revenue per hour.

Major Power outage hits multiple Central American countries

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