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Power outages in Spain and Portugal, services 'paralyzed'

Politiko 2025-04-28 16:14:38

Power outages in Spain and Portugal, services 'paralyzed'

Spain and Portugal were hit by a power outage on Monday, paralyzing public transport, causing major traffic jams and flight delays, Reuters reports .
Utility operators sought to restore the grid, but Spanish electricity transmission operator Red Eléctrica said the outage, the cause of which is unknown, could last between six and 10 hours.

Officials said they cannot rule out the possibility that it was caused by a cyberattack.

The outage caused chaos in parts of Portugal and Spain as traffic lights stopped working, causing traffic jams. Transport networks ground to a halt, hospitals were left without power and people were left stranded on the metro and in elevators.

In Madrid, hundreds of people stood in the streets outside office buildings and there was a heavy police presence around several important buildings, with officers directing traffic.

The Spanish and Portuguese governments met to discuss the outage, which also briefly affected parts of France, and a crisis committee was set up in Spain, sources familiar with the situation said.

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