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Spain and Portugal begin restoring power supply after blackout
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] In Spain and Portugal, power has been partially restored after a massive power outage on the Iberian Peninsula. This is reported by the Reuters agency. Officials from both countries said the reasons for the outage were unclear, with Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro stressing there was "no indication" a cyberattack was to blame. "We do not yet have definitive information about the causes of this (power outage. - Ed.)," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez noted in his address to the nation. According to him, almost 50% of electricity supply has been restored in Spain by now. The country's leadership was forced to resort to using fuel reserves, he added. The agency notes that in Spain, power began to return to the Basque Country and Barcelona early in the day, and to some parts of Madrid on Monday evening. Power supply also gradually began to be restored in various municipalities in Portugal late in the evening, including Lisbon, as well as in the cities of Porto and Coimbra. In some parts of the Pyrenees, the power outage lasted more than 9 hours. Local media reported that the Spanish and Portuguese began stocking up on food and water amid the outages. As reported by the Regnum news agency, a large-scale power outage in Spain and Portugal occurred on April 28. Traffic was in chaos on city streets due to the shutdown of traffic lights, there were disruptions at the Madrid-Barajas International Airport, and the operation of the Lisbon Airport was paralyzed. The Spanish government called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council in connection with the blackout. Among others, the Prime Minister, the Chief of the General Staff and the Director of the country's intelligence service were summoned to it. Sky News, citing information from Portuguese electricity grid operator Redes Energéticas Nacionais, reported that a "rare atmospheric phenomenon" was the cause of the widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal. According to the TV channel, the blackout affected Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Lisbon in particular. Water supply stations were left without electricity, and the Internet was down. Restoration work is underway. At the same time, the situation in Spain has begun to normalize. At the same time, another Portuguese power grid operator, E-Redes, said that the blackout was caused by problems with the European power supply system. Officially, the reasons for the large-scale accident have not yet been named. Related: Power outage 04/28/2025 Widespread Iberian power failure taking place 28 Apr 2025 Power outage 04/24/2025 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 23, 2025 Power outage 04/17/2025 Ukrainian Armed Forces strike six energy facilities in Russia in 24 hours Posted by: badanov 2025-04-29 |
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