As Spain and Portugal’s power returns, the blackout’s cause remains unknown – National

Power was almost completely resumed to Spain and Portugal on Tuesday although many questions remained on what one of the most severe of Europe caused Blackouts That gross fled, paralyzed metro systems, disturbed mobile communication and close ATMs on the Iberian-Penal Island.

By 7am, more than 99% percent of energy question was restored in Spain, the electricity of the land Red Electrica. Portuals Grid operator Ren said Tuesday morning All of the 89 Class Substance had been late last night and power was reposed to all 6.4 million customers.

Against Tuesday, life was back to normal: schools and offices again in Spain, reboot in Spain, reboot along the most important arteries and public transportation to major delays.

Spanish authorities provided no new explanations for what did the blackout caused one of the most serious to ever fall in Europe.

In a television address Mondian Pedro Sánchez said Spanish Prime Pedro Sánche, for the southern European nation lost 15 Gigawatts – equivalent to 60% of his national question – in just five seconds.

“We’ve never had a complete collapse of the system,” Sánchez said. Authorities underneared still on Tuesday.

Such a widespread electrical failure has little president on the Iberian peninsula or in Europe.

On Tuesday, Spain said that the meteorological agency that it did not discovered “unusual meteorological or atmospheric phrase” and no sudden temperature fluctuated on their weather stations.

Patugal National Cyberscurity CentersCurity Center was threw cold water on short speculation of fiery, saying that there was no sign that the extremely resulted from a cyber attack. European Council president Antonio Costa also said that there were “no directions of any Cyber ​​attack” Monday afternoon.

Teresa Ribera, an executive Vice president of the European Commission, looked as sabotage. Yet the issue “one of the most serious episodes included in Europe in Europe,” she said.

In the largest training stations of Spain Waiting Travelers of Travelers Tuesday morning Tuesday morning to use trains for traveling for traveling on Monday or were disturbed.

At Atocha Station in Madrid was hundreds near screens that are waiting for updates. Many had spent the night, in the station, wrapped in blankets provided by the Red Cross Tuesday morning for those who would have stayed overnight trains. Similar scene played out at the Sants Station of Barcelona.

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The Madrid Open Tennis Tournament that held this week was still affected by the power exit to his cancellation the previous day. Tournament organizers delay opening his doors.

By 11 o’clock Tuesday, service on Madrid’s Metro system was completely restored. In Barcelona, ​​the system worked normally, but commuting pegradines were suspended because of “electric permission,” the company that runs the service, Rodalies, Rodalies Catalanya said at X.

In some parts of the land, commuting and mid-distance services still stopped or running at reduced capacity.

Emergency workers in Spain said they saved some 35,000 passengers and surface sports centers and airports and airports and airports in airports and airports in the airports.

On Monday, Rubén Carión was stranded on a Pendelstraat outside of Madrid, when he opened the window and with footward transit station. Then he spent the night in the city atcha station back to his train back to Barcelona was canceled.

The 24-year-old said he chose to wait overnight instead of a hotel, so he could have been updated a train, who describes his experience as “pure chaos.”

ArmAssociated Press Video journalist Helena Alves in Lisbon, Portugal, contributed to this report.

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