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Lights are flickering back on in Brazil's major cities after a massive power failure.
In Rio's Copacabana neighborhood, cars honked wildly and people shouted as power was restored to the area at 12:37 a.m. Wednesday -- more than two hours after it went out.
Millions of people were left in the dark by the blackout that hit Latin America's biggest nation after a huge hydroelectric dam suddenly went offline. About 80 percent of Brazil's energy needs are met by hydroelectric power.
Paraguay also was affected when the Itaipu dam straddling the two nations' border stopped producing 17,000 megawatts of power.
