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TAIPEI/KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN — Taiwan reported a massive blackout on Thursday that is affecting its two biggest cities as well as its most important iPhone processor production hub.
Over 5 million households were affected by the power outages, including in Taipei, the capital, and Kaohsiung, the second-biggest city.
Taiwan Power Co. said in a brief statement that its southern power grid system encountered a malfunction causing blackouts in southern Taiwan. Knock-on effects from the outage triggered power outages in some parts of northern and central Taiwan as well.
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