Power begins to return after huge outage hits Spain and Portugal

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Madrid/Lisbon: After a huge closure, most of Spain and Portugal began to return to some parts of the Eberian Peninsula late on Monday, after a huge closure, after a huge shutdown, stopping grounding planes, public transport and forcing hospitals to suspend normal operations.

The Spanish Interior Ministry announced a national emergency, which deployed 30,000 police across the country so that the governments of the two countries called for an emergency cabinet meeting. In Europe, such a scale closure is extremely rare.

The reason for this was unclear, Portugal suggested that the problem in Spain and Spain points to a finger on the breakup in connection with France.

Portuguese Prime Minister Louis Montenegro said that “there is no hint” that a cybertack caused a blackout, which started around 1033 GMT.

Nevertheless, rumors circulated with a potential sabotage, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he had spoken to NATO Secretary General Mark Rod.

Sanchez said the country suffered a loss of 15GW electricity in five seconds, which is equivalent to 60 % of national demand. He said technicians were working to find out why suddenly dropped.

“This is something that has never happened before,” he said.

Portuguese grid operator Ren Ren Board Member Joo Konicao told reporters that the company did not ruin “the possibility of a huge dispute in the power voltage, first in the Spanish system, which then spread to the Portuguese system”.

“There can be a thousand and one reason, it is premature to estimate the purpose,” he said.

Spain’s grid operator Ri blamed the failure of contact with France for stimulating these effects.

“To the extent of electricity loss, Edwardo Prito said that it was designed to handle European systems and cut off Spanish and French grids, which resulted in the collapse of the Spanish power system.”

Earlier, some parts of France had suffered a short shutdown. The French grid operator, the RTE, said it had gone to the completion of electricity in some parts of northern Spain after the closure.

Electricity restore

In Spain, the power began to return to Basque Malik and Barcelona areas and some parts of Capital Madrid on Monday night. According to the National Grid Operator, about 61 % of the power was restored by the end of Monday.

Angus said it had activated the emergency system to meet the demand during the blackout, while Prito said the normal systems would take “several hours”.

In a video posted on X, Madrid Mayor Jose Louis Martinage Almeida said City Street Lighting was not completely restored, so he recommended people to stay at home, adding: “It is important that emergency services be circulated.”

The power was slowly returning to various municipalities in Portugal at the end of Monday, including the Lisbon City Center. Grid operator Ren said 85 out of 89 power substations had returned online.

Shops and Metro closed

The Blackout Peninsula had a widespread impact.

Hospitals in Madrid and Catalonia in Spain suspended all normal medical work, but were still participating in fragile patients using backup generators. Several Spanish oil refineries were closed, and some retailers closed, including grocery China Ledal and Furniture Dev Ikea.

Portuguese police said traffic lights were affected across the country and was closed in Metro Lisbon and Puerto, while trains were canceled in both countries.

“I just don’t know that my daughter is born in Barcelona,” said Angeles Alvarez, who was trapped outside Madrid’s Atchiha railway station.

About 35,000 train passengers were rescued from the trains while 11 trains were still trapped in remote areas, Sanchez said on Monday evening.

Long queues were shown on tiles and empty shelves in a supermarket photos of a Madrid when people arrived to stock up on the stairs, while the game was suspended at the Madrid Open tennis tournament.

The Bank of Spain said that the electronic banking was working on the backup system “properly”, though residents also said that ATM screens were vacated.

Traffic jams were available at the Madrid City Center as traffic lights stopped working, the reflection of the Waste Waste people appointed vehicles at the intersections for guidance. Local radio reported that people were trapped in stopping metro cars and lifts.

Many Spanish decided to take a half -day vacation, gathered in the streets and plazas for those who got immediately through the candle light in their homes.

According to the Cloud Flare Radar, which monitors global Internet traffic, Internet traffic in Portugal has increased by 90 % and Spain has increased by 80 %, which monitors global Internet traffic.

In Europe, the power outage of such intensity is rarely seen. In 2003, a problem with a hydroelectric power between Italy and Switzerland led to a major closure for about 12 12 hours throughout the Italian Peninsula.

In 2006, an overload power network in Germany led to some parts of Europe and to Morocco.

According to the Energy Think Tank Amber, Spain’s energy is about 43 43 % of the wind and solar energy, with another 20 % in the nuclear account and 23 % of the foam fuel.