Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday that a problem with the European network, which he described as a “strong fluctuation” that led to the huge electrical power that struck his country, Portugal and parts of France, but the reason was still determined.
It brought the obstruction of many Spain and Portugal on Monday, stopping the metro trains and railways, cutting the phone service and closing traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people via the Iberian Peninsula.
Sanchez asked the public to refrain from speculation and said no theory has been eliminated about the cause of power outages. He thanked the governments of France and Morocco, as the energy was withdrawn from the energy restoration to northern and southern Spain.
The Spanish Energy Distributor Red Eléctrica said earlier that energy restoration to large parts of the country could take from six to 10 hours.
He left people who were cut off outside the Madrid train stations on Monday, as power outages are inclusive of public transportation, delayed flights and causing large -scale traffic jams.
Eduardo Breto, head of operations at Red Electrica, told reporters that he was unprecedented, describing the event as “exceptional and unusual”, but the company refused to speculate on the reasons for obscurity.
The Teresa Ribera, Deputy CEO of the European Commission responsible for the promotion of clean energy, said there are no indications of an electronic power attack on Monday, in comments on Spanish journalists in Brussels. Ribera described the power outage as “one of the most dangerous rings in Europe recently.”
The Portuguese National Cyber Security Center also issued a statement saying that there was no sign that the exit was due to the electronic attack.
An interruption began in the middle of the day. The offices were closed and the traffic was in Madrid and for reasons, while some civilians in Barcelona ended with traffic.
Train services stop in both countries.
It will not be possible to restart trains later on Monday even if the authority returns, Spain’s Minister of Transport Oscar Pente published on social media. The metro systems are closed.
“I don’t know how I will arrive at home,” said Evit Corona, a Barcelona resident, who is watching a large group of people, who fails to get a bus that interrupted shortly to press another couple.
Hospitals and other emergency services have turned into generators. Fuel stations stopped working.
It was not possible to make calls on some mobile networks, although some applications were working. People search for battery radio devices.
Spain and Portugal have a population of about 60 million people. It was not immediately clear. It is rare to have such a wide interruption across the Iberian Peninsula.
The Canary Islands were not affected in Spain, the balleric islands, the Siota and Millilla regions, which are located across the Mediterranean in Africa.
People rush to buy generators
In Lisbon, the airport stations closed and tourists were sitting abroad pending news about flights.
“We haven’t seen any plane arrived or left in the fifty minutes that we are waiting for here,” Dutch Mark Brandsma told Associated Press.
She closed the Spanish parliament in Madrid. The game was suspended in the Madrid Open Tennis.
Some have benefited from the lack of a call to enjoy the sun’s rays on the balconies of restaurants, gardens and beaches. Barcelona streets are full of crowds of people who are grinding in front of dark stores and exchange of information.
“We are lucky. Some people are trapped on the metro. There is a positive aspect: we are talking more with each other,” said Moncht Cortis in Barcelona.
She said the dinner will be slices of bread and cold pieces.
With the passage of hours, as well as that he was unable to reach their loved ones.
“I cannot even contact me because nothing is working,” said Helen Osorio, Barcelona store writer.
A graph of the electricity network in Spain, which shows demand throughout the country, indicated a sharp decrease at 12:15 pm local time, from 27500 megawatts to approximately 15,000 megawatts.
The video broadcast on Spanish television showed people who evacuated the metro stations in Madrid and stopped the empty stations with the trains in Barcelona.
The Traffic Department in Spain requests citizens to avoid using their cars as much as possible due to the power outages, which affected traffic lights and electrical road signs.
In Terrassa, an industrial town 50 km from Barcelona, the stores that sell generators were not stored after people lined up to buy them.
E-Edes, the Portuguese electricity distributor, said parts of France, which shares its southwestern border with Spain, were also affected.
In Portugal, a country of about 10.6 million people, hit the capital, Lisbon, and the surrounding areas, as well as the northern and southern parts of the country. Portuguese police have put more officers in the service to direct traffic and deal with increasing requests for help, including people trapped in elevators.
Portuguese hospitals and other emergency services have turned into generators. The fuel stations stopped working and the trains stopped running.
The Portuguese National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection Cases said that reserve energy systems are working.
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