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Widespread power cut hits Casablanca and its region

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Widespread power cut hits Casablanca and its regionIllustrative image · Badr Tinghr · CC BY-SA 4.0

A power cut is affecting all of Casablanca and its region, according to SRM Casablanca-Settat cited by LeBrief. The cause of the widespread outage has not yet been identified.

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