Rolling blackouts affect quake

Rolling blackouts affect quake

TOKYO, Japan - Traffic is disrupted at an intersection where the traffic lights have been turned off in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on March 15, 2011, due to rolling blackouts in eastern Japan by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to avoid massive power outages. The utility decided to conduct region-wide energy-saving efforts amid power shortages following the earthquake and tsunami disasters which damaged nuclear power plants in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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