Massive power outage paralyses Spain, Portugal, trapping people in elevators
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Tennis fans after the matches were suspended due to a power outage at the Madrid Open. — Reuters
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Electricity came out in Spain and Portugal on Monday, before returning electricity to some areas before train, cell phones and internet networks, stop roads and trapped people in the elevator.
“We have no final information about the reasons for the closure,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after the emergency government meeting on the situation.
He said that the danger of “false information” could be warned by the public “not to speculate”.
“People were stunned, because it had never happened in Spain.”
He told AFP, “There is no (phone) coverage, I can’t say my family, my parents, nothing: I can’t even work,” he told AFP.
Later, the socialist leader called on people to show “responsibility and civilization” to help the authorities handle the crisis that could also affect Portugal and France.
Sanchez said in a television address after an emergency official meeting that bilateral relations with France and Morocco have partially restored power in parts of North and South Spain.
Sanchez said, “Common cycles and hydropower plants have also been re -mobilized across the country, which should allow us to recover supply in Spain soon.” “We still have to pay attention to the most important thing: restoration of electricity in our homes.”
Madrid and elsewhere, consumers run away from banks to withdraw cash, and crowded roads are trying useless to point on their mobiles. Long lines were created for taxis and buses. Some people were trapped in the elevages or inside the garages.
As a precaution, the rest of the day was canceled in the Madrid Open Tennis Tournament.
With the knocking of the stop lights, the police tried to direct the traffic on the roads, which became densely populated. Authorities urged motorcycles to stay off the streets, but communication channels were limited.
Spanish railway operator Adif said trains were stopped across the country.
The Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) said in a statement that Spain’s nuclear power plants also automatically became offline as a precaution to protect, with diesel generators maintaining them in a “safe condition”.
‘Serious disruption’
Sanchez said Blackout, which came at 12.30pm (1030 GMT), had “severe disruption” for millions and “in companies, in industries, in industries,” Sanchez said.
But he said that grid technicians are working to “solve the problem as soon as possible”, adding that some parts of North and South Spain have already been able to gain strength thanks to bilateral relations with France and Morocco.
Sanchez urged people in Spain to restrict the use of their mobile phones to limit the use of their mobile phones, saying that “telecommunications are now at an important moment”.
The European Commission said it was in touch with Spain and Portugal on the situation, while European Council President Antonio Costa said on X: “There are no indications about any cybertack”.
The head of the head of Spain’s grid operator Red Electric, Edwardo Prito said that the repair was being done, but that the country would take six to 10 hours to maintain electricity, “if all goes well”.
Portugal’s Rain Operator said the entire Aibrian Peninsula was affected – 48 million people in Spain and 10.5 million in Portugal.
The European Air Traffic Organization Eurocontrol said, Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon flights disrupt the power flights, adding that it would be too soon to say how much it would be affected.
France was impressed
French high voltage grid operator, RTE, said southwestern France was also briefly affected, but electricity was restored soon.
Transport chaos also captured Barcelona, another city in Spain, where locals and tourists have been the same, flooding on the streets.
When the lights left, the student Leah Montreate had to leave his school.
He told AFP, “Since the Internet was not returning, he told us to go home … (but) either there were no trains.” “Now we don’t know what to do.”
Pictures posted on social media show that the metro stations in Madrid drowned in the dark, trains stopped, and people in offices and hallways see people using light on their phone.
Net Blocks, a site block of Internet activity, told AFP that Blackout caused “most digital infrastructure loss”. It states that web contacts have reached only 17 % of common use.
Spain’s El Pace newspaper reported that hospitals used backup generators to continue the critical wards, but some other units were left without electricity.
In recent years, large -scale blackouts have affected other countries around the world.
In September 2023, Tunisia, Sri Lanka in August 2020, and June 2019 in Argentina and Uruguay were a huge closure. In July 2012, India suffered a massive blackout.
In Europe, in November 2006, 10 million people were left in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain for an hour. This was due to a failure in the German grid.
