A power cut affecting more than 60m Brazilians for more than five hours was caused by a storm, which damaged a transmission line from the giant Itaipu hydroelectric dam.

在巴西，一场暴风雪造成了超过5小时的供电中断，影响面积超过6000万人。这场暴风雪破坏了一条源自伊泰普水力发电站的传输线。

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Together with the Brazilian government, he oversaw the building of the Itaipu dam on the Parana River.

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The two countries share the Itaipu hydroelectric dam (still the world's largest until China's Three Gorges is completed).

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Energy Minister Edson Lobao said the bad weather cut the transmission lines in Sao Paulo state, leading the huge Itaipu dam to shut down automatically.

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