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A massive hit power of electricity Spain And Portugal on Monday, knocking down traffic lights, ATMs and telephone lines and forcing the evacuation of the subway system in both countries, reports said.
The chart on the Electric Network website in Spain showing demand throughout the country has pointed to a steep fall around 12:15 local time from 27,500 megawatts to close to 15,000, according to Associate Press.
“It seems that it was a problem with a distribution network, obviously in Spain. It is still being determined,” said Portugal Cabinet Minister Leitão Amaro for the National News Agency Lus.
The exact cause of the interruption remains unclear. The Portuguese National Center for Cibernetic Security issued a statement stating that there is no inscription that the interruption is due to Cyber -Officer.
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Viewers wander inside the site of a tennis tournament in Madrid during a darkening in Madrid, on Monday, April 28. (AP/Manu Fernandez)
A video broadcast on Spanish television showed people who evacuate the Metride Metride cells and empty cells with Trains stopped in Barcelona. The Spanish Parliament was also left in the dark, the public emiter of the RTV reported.
AND ATP Tour said Playing in the Madrid Open Tennis Tournament was suspended due to current interruption.
Several cars were evacuated in Portugal in a Lisbon subway, the courts stopped operating, and ATMs and electronic payment systems were affected. The collabal lights in Lisbon also stopped working.
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People try to board a crowded bus after the subway on Monday, April 28, 2025, stopped running in Lisbon in Portugal. (AP/Armando Franca)
Both Portuguese and Spanish governments They convened an emergency cabinet meeting to solve the situation, Reuters states.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also visited the operator of Grida Red Eléctica to follow the efforts in restoring power.
The chef from the dietary food restaurant works in a dark kitchen with the help of a phone lamp during a electricity disappearance in Madrid on Monday. (Reuters/Susana Vera)
Eduardo Prieto, head of Operation in Red Eléctica, told reporters that it was unprecedented, calling an event “exceptional and extraordinary.”
“We begin to recover strength in the north and south of the peninsula, which is crucial for the gradual filling in electricity supply,” the Red Eléctric wrote on X. “This procedure involves the gradual energy of the portable network because they are connected by generation units.”
The view displays the dark cell of the metro in Lisbon in Portugal, during a wide decay of current that hit Spain and Portugal around noon on Monday. (Adri Salido/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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“The causes are analyzed and all resources are dedicated to solving the problem,” he added.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
