At CES 2018, USA TODAY tries out a tiny drone that folds up into the case of your smartphone, which doubles as the controller. Jennifer Jolly, Special for USA TODAY
Think you're having a rough week? The Consumer Technology Association is right there with you.
On Wednesday the power went out for roughly two hours in two of the Las Vegas Convention Center's main halls, causing evacuations and a major disruption in the weeklong CES show.
Tens of thousands of people, namely tech journalists, companies, retailers and other industry players, annually descend on Las Vegas for the big tech trade show, though this year's edition continues to be hit with snags.
Record-breaking rains hit Las Vegas on Tuesday, leading to flooding and the closing of some major booths including Google's.
After close to two hours without power, the official CES Twitter account tweeted that electricity has been restored and that the evacuated areas were being reopened.
It was not immediately clear what caused the outage, though in an update provided Wednesday afternoon it appeared to be the recent rain that hit the area.
"A preliminary assessment indicates that condensation from heavy rainfall caused a flashover on one of the facility's transformers," the CTA, Las Vegas Visitor and Convention Authority and NV Energy -- which provides electricity to the Las Vegas Convention Center -- said in a joint statement.
As one would expect at an event filled with tech enthusiasts, plenty of pictures and videos of the eerily darkened scene hit Twitter during the outage with the hashtag #CESBlackout quickly becoming a top trending topic.
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