Mass blackouts hit Taiwan leaving more than five million households without power, with authorities blaming human negligence at a major power generation plant for the outage.
The power failures occurred on Thursday morning across the island, from the capital Taipei to central Taichung city and southern Pingtung county.
Hydro and other power plants are now being brought online to provide electricity, as Taiwan blamed negligence during the annual maintenance at the Hsinta power plant in the southern city of Kaohsiung
