French Guiana experienced a massive power outage on Sunday

The outage, which lasted more than twelve hours, affected 80% of the network and 48,200 households in the overseas territory, after “a simultaneous failure at the level of the high-voltage lines that pass through the Petit-Saut dam”, EDF said.

On Sunday, August 27, French Guiana experienced a massive power outage lasting several hours, affecting 80% of the network and tens of thousands of homes.