Summary
Old power plants and not enough fuel made it hard to keep lights on
People all over the island were left in the dark
Key Points
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The national power grid collapsed on Friday
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Around nine million people experienced a blackout
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Fuel shortages and aging equipment caused the failure
New Words to Learn
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to fall down or stop working
nationwide
covering the whole country
blackout
a period with no electricity
aging
getting old and less reliable
infrastructure
the big structures like power lines that help a country run
blockade
when a country blocks supplies from another
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