What is happening around the White House?- Washington plunged into darkness
A power outage has disrupted electricity supply in downtown Washington, the capital of the United States.
TodayPress TV reports, that the outage has affected the operation of traffic lights.
It has also disrupted the work of several government institutions, including the State Department, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Traffic lights near the White House have also been affected.
Approximately 1,176 customers have been left without electricity.
Apart from a malfunction at a substation, no official information has been released regarding the cause of the incident.
Aysel Matlab
