Power back on in Chile after blackout leaves millions in dark

<p>Electricity restored to almost all affected regions as investigation under way into how outage occurred</p><p>Power has been restored to most of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/chile">Chile</a>’s 19 million people after the country’s most disruptive blackout in 15 years, the government said, as authorities lifted a strict curfew imposed when <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/chile-power-outage">the outage left 98% of the population</a> without electricity.</p><p>Chilean interior minister Carolina Tohá said on Wednesday that electricity had largely returned to Chile’s 14 afflicted regions, although 220,000 residents remained without power.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/chile-power-blackout">Continue reading...</a>