The Power Just Went Out in a Big Part of Rio de Janeiro
The power is reportedly out in Botafogo, a densely populated, touristy neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Also, the World Cup is happening in Brazil.
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According to the Twitter machine, power may have been restored. There are some conflicting reports:
Power is back in botafogo!
— Vinicius (@realrios) June 22, 2014 @AllMyChandler noooope
— Nate Loucks (@JustNateLoucks) June 22, 2014 @AllMyChandler neighborhood completely black, no traffic lights either. Currently in Rio Sul shopping that has some power. #USMNT
— Nate Loucks (@JustNateLoucks) June 22, 2014Original Post
The power is reportedly out in Botafogo, a densely populated, touristy neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Also, the World Cup is happening in Brazil.
According to reports, the lights just dropped out this afternoon.
Power in Rio just went out. Like. OUT!
— Ben Kamlet (@KillaKam) June 22, 2014 Anyone else's power out in #Botafogo?
— Nate Loucks (@JustNateLoucks) June 22, 2014The Associated Press had some more information.
Buildings throughout the well-to-do Botafogo district lost electricity, said Raphael Torres, a spokesman for the power company, Light SA. He said he didn't know how many people were affected or the cause of the failure."
Torres added that, you know, they're working on it.
mentioned the growing concern about the safety conditions at Maracana Stadium in Rio, which, as of last week, appeared to have at least one very troublesome-looking stairway that thousands of fans were using to get in and out of the stadium.