A wide range of power outages were reported in parts of Spain, Portugal and France on Monday, affecting critical infrastructure such as airports and causing transportation disruptions.
“The interruption was due to problems with the European power grid,” E-Redes, a national energy supplier in Portugal, said in a statement. In addition to Portugal, it said: “The power outages have also affected areas in Spain and France due to the very high voltage lines.”
E-Redes said disruptions in Spain, Catalonia, Andalusia, Aragon, Navarra, Basque, Castilla and Leon, Extremadura and Murcia are all prevalent in Spain.
In France, Portuguese energy suppliers said: “The Basque coast and Burgundy region have also experienced power cuts.”
Spain's national power company Red Eléctricia said in an article on X that it restored some electricity to the north and south of the peninsula.
The cause of the power outage is not yet known. But the effects of destruction are felt throughout the city throughout the region.
In Murcia, a city in southeast Spain, some restaurants stop serving food and church services. People gathered on the streets, looking at their phones to try to figure out what was going on and why.
The ATP tour said that in the Spanish capital, Madrid's open tennis matches were suspended.
“At 12:30 pm, the entire national grid was cut off,” Spanish National Railways Renfe wrote in an article on X, adding that the train had stopped operating at all stations.
In Valencia, local train services in the city say traffic throughout the network is damaged. “The extent and duration of the power outage is unknown. We will continue to update you,” the service said in an article on X.
Airline EasyJet told passengers, “Spanish airports are currently in continuous power outages, affecting multiple necessary systems and airport infrastructure.”
The airline said it anticipates delays and described the destruction as “extraordinary and outside our control.”
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