Spain, Portugal struck the massive power outage, power outages

Spanish Red Eléctrica Energy Distribution said that energy restoration to large parts of the country after a huge and unprecedented interruption on Monday, which was also struck. Portugal It can take 6-10 hours.

The company refused to speculate on obscurity. The Portuguese National Cyber ​​Security Center issued a statement saying that there was no sign that the exit was due to the electronic attack.

Eduardo Britto, head of operations at Red Electrica, told reporters that he was unprecedented, describing the event as “exceptional and unusual.”

The interruption of interruption through Spain and Portugal, including its capitals, expelling the subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATMs.

The authorities said the reason was not immediately known, although one of the Portuguese officials said the problem appears to be with the electricity distribution network in Spain.

The Portuguese Cabinet held an emergency meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited the Red Eléctrica Energy Distribution to follow up the efforts made in the network operations.

The population of the two countries is more than 50 million people. It was not immediately clear. It is rare to have such a wide interruption across the Iberian Peninsula.

Two hours later, the Electricity Network operator in Spain said it is restoring energy in the north and south of the peninsula, which will gradually help restore electricity supplies at the country level.

An official told the National News Agency, Losa, that the Portuguese government said that the power outage stems from problems outside the country.

“It seems that it was a problem with the distribution network, apparently in Spain. It is still confirmed,” it quoted the Minister of Ministers Lito Amaro as saying.

The Portuguese distributor E-Edes said that the power outages were due to a “European Electricity System”, according to the Portuguese Expresso. The company said it is obliged to reduce energy in specific areas to achieve stability in the network, according to Expresso.

Spain broadcaster RTVE in Spain said that the main power outage hit several regions of the country after midday local time, leaving its newsroom, Spain Parliament in Madrid and metro stations throughout the country in the dark.

A graphs on the electricity network in Spain, which shows demand throughout the country, indicated a sharp decrease at about 12:15 pm from 27500 megawatts to approximately 15,000 megawatts.

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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 game was suspended in the Madrid Open Tennis. Three matches were ongoing when the energy fell.

The Ministry of Traffic in Spain asked 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 (31 miles) from Barcelona, ​​the stores that sell generators were not stored after people lined up to buy them.

Portugal said that parts of France were also affected.

In a country with about 10.6 million people, the capital was cut off, Lisbon, and the surrounding areas, as well as the northern and southern parts. 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.

It was reported that many metro cars in Lisbon were evacuated. Also in Portugal, the courts stopped working and were affected by ATMs and electronic payment systems. Traffic lights in Lisbon stopped working.

It was not possible to make calls on mobile networks, although some applications were working.

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