Suddenly everything stopped, the light went out and thousands of people were caught in publications, lifts and stadiums. A huge power error on the Iberian peninsula has caused chaos in Spain and Portugal – but also in parts of France. Even if the food has now been restored to some parts of Spain, there can be no question of everything. People try to reach their family members and to hit with the most necessary for several days. The Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain speaks of “a few critical hours” that still have to survive.
Sánchez called on the citizens of his country to remain calm in view of the national power failure. The authorities visited everyone to really warn the rescue organizations in an emergency – although the internet and the telephone networks had of course also collapsed.
Regarding the causes of the National Blackout, Sánchez said that no hypothesis could be excluded, but it should not be speculated either. He advised people to find out more about “official channels”. The government is in contact with the royal family, the parliamentary factions, the European partners and NATO. “It is a priority to ensure that normality is restored,” the politician of the PSOO Social Democratic Party assured.
Ukraine offers your help
The head of the government continued to restore care in the north and south of the country, thanks to the cooperation between the authorities of France and Morocco. He thanked the countries for their solidarity. In the meantime, Ukraine also offered his help. Energy German Galushchenko Minister said about the short messages of the short messages X: “We are ready to help the restoration of a stable operation of our partners and allies in Europe.” After all, there was sufficient experience because of the systematic Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure of the country.
The Madrid Metropolises, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville fell into a traffic chaos. Thousands of people had to be saved from wagons from the metro or lifts. Long -distance trains stopped in the middle of the journey and the passengers were stranded between stops. The latter, in turn, became temporary accommodation for many. Many affected people switched to their cars, so the situation was still tense.
The airport operator of Spain AAA also reported ‘incidents’ because of the blackout. However, emergency generators are active. Passengers must contact their respective airline with questions, because there can be problems with their further journey on the ground. TV images of the broadcaster RTVE of the large airports of the country showed stranded passengers, stagnators escalators and treadmills, as well as rolled last.
The first hamster purchases are already available. Long snakes formed for shopping centers. Everyone wanted at least a few days of toilet paper, water, bread and canned food. Of course you could not pay with a credit or cash machine, but only with cash. However, if you want to withdraw money from your account, you suddenly reminded that, if a power failure, ATMs are also out of use. In the hospitals of the country, the emergency operation can be maintained with the help of emergency growth generators.
“Rare atmospheric phenomenon” as the cause?
The situation in neighboring Portugal was similar. Defense Minister Nuno Melo called on the population to rest. The power outages in Portugal was caused by the disruption in the Spanish power schedule, which is due to a “rare atmospheric phenomenon”, reported, among others, the Portuguese broadcaster RTP and the British broadcaster Sky News, with reference to the Portuguese Power Grid Operator. The company is gradually restored, with the safety and stability of the network priority. The full standardization of the network can take up to a week “due to the complexity of the phenomenon”. The authorities of both countries warned for premature speculation about a possible cyber attack – even if it could not be excluded.
France has also hit
In the small state of Andorra in the Pyrenees, the power failure lasted only a few seconds, the energy supplier Feda reported to X. The failure was caused on the Spanish side and the electricity was immediately restored thanks to the “automatic re -connection with the cable from France”. In the meantime, France was also hit by the Blackout. The operator of the electricity network RTE wrote that households in the French part of the Basque Country were without electricity for a few minutes. However, the offer was restored.
Source: Krone
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