Spain and Portugal were struck by power outages

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Spain and parts of Portugal were wounded on Monday, stopping trains, disrupted flights and made traffic lights dark.

Data from the Spanish electricity player showed that more than 10 GW of the request was cut when it hit a blackout, indicating that it was one of the last last European history.

The operator said that it has activated plans to restore the offer in cooperation with companies in the sector. In a message about X, he said she was looking for the cause of the accident.

He then said that she began to restore the effort in the north and south of the peninsula, which she said was a key to gradually restoring energy supplies.

The interruption of millions of people around Spain in cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, ​​while Portuguese residents also reported that their power had been cut.

A chief traffic in Spain called on people not to drive their cars, because traffic lights were unexpected due to the reduction.

Parts of the Spanish National Network fell on Monday. The company, Red Eléctrica, describes itself as the “backbone of the electricity system”.

Local media reported that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was to hold a meeting with senior government officials on the national network and that the National Cyber ​​Security Institute in the country was investigating whether the interruption was due to an electronic attack.

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