A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003" id="mwAWM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northeast blackout of 2003">widescale power blackout</a> affects the northeast United States and Canada.<sup about="#mwt232" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-44"}}' id="cite_ref-44" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_14#cite_note-44" id="mwAWQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 44;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAWU">[44]</span></a></sup>
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