Barack Obama

Oahu Island, Honolulu, where the U.S. president elect Barack Obama on holiday, darkness without electricity lighting Friday (26/12) due to a transformer in the area be struck by lightning.

Some witnesses said it seems the power in the complex where Obama off on holiday and workers in a hurry the emergency generator.

A spokesperson for the power company, Peter Rosegg, said the entire island area of 1553 square kilometers which is inhabited 900,000 people affected by the influence. "We lost the last generator ... now the whole area of the island without electricity," said Rosegg. Traffic on the streets of Honolulu was the main subject.

Mayor of Honolulu Mufi Hannemann told radio station KSSK, take at least 12 hours or more may be able to restore the situation. A transportation official told local radio that the plane-plane landed at the international air port of Honolulu, but the foundation to stay suspended.

The residents said this is the largest extinction since the earthquake that caused the area was darkness in October 2006. A civil defense officials said, the possibility of lightning strike a transformer so that electricity is lost. Thunderbolt sounded strong on the island before the power off.