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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- A massive power outage Thursday left about 5 million people in the dark in Southern California, parts of Arizona and Mexico, and brought some West Coast cities to a standstill, according to a local power company. The San Diego Gas and Electric (SDGE) said the outage appeared to have originated in Arizona and power might not be fully restored until Friday. The company said the outage was caused by a system breakdown and assured it was not related to terrorism. The SDGE said both its power supply lines from Arizona and from the north appeared to fail, and that constant hot weather may be to blame. The power line break "caused our line from AZ and from the north of our region to both trip off," the SDGE posted on its Twitter account. "No cause is determined at this time," another Twitter post from the utility said. The Southern California blackout was triggered after a 500-kilovolt high-voltage line from Arizona to California tripped out of service, David Song, a spokesman from Southern California Edison told Xinhua. The blackout led to a shutdown of two reactors at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California and there was no danger to the public or to workers there, Song said. Many businesses were closed and traffic is snarled and the trolley system is down in Southern California including some important public facilities, Michael Workman, a San Diego County spokesman said. All flights out of San Diego International Airport have been suspended, and the airport is currently running on generators, Rebecca Bloomfield, a spokesman of the airport told Xinhua. Two million more people were reported to be without power in Mexico, local media reported. The outage came more than eight years after a more severe blackout in 2003 darkened a large swath of the Northeast and Midwest. More than 50 million people were affected in that outage.System breakdown leaves 5 mln in blackout in u s mexico - Dual Fuel Forklift - LPG Forklift Truck Manufacturer We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Dual Fuel Forklift , LPG Forklift Truck Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Diesel Forklift Truck.
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