Huge power outage strikes Spain, Portugal and France: Entire cities plunged into blackouts, transport networks shut down and internet is cut off in scenes of mayhem

[Dashinka 25,909]

Developing story certainly.

 

Huge power outage strikes Spain, Portugal and France: Entire cities plunged into blackouts, transport networks shut down and internet is cut off in scenes of mayhem

 

All of Valencia and Barcelona were left without power, Spain's entire rail network shut down, internet services stopped working and there was chaos on the streets as traffic built up in Madrid and Lisbon. 
 

Madrid's Mayor has urged people to stay where they are as they deal with the disaster, while the president of the city's regional government has called for Spain's prime minister to activate an emergency plan so soldiers can be deployed.

 

Videos online show railway networks in Spanish cities plunged into chaos, with people being evacuated through tunnels as blackouts hit underground stations and halted trains.

 

Parts of France also lost power after the outages in Spain and Portugal, the country's grid operator confirmed. Further outages have been reported as far as Belgium, according to the latest information.

 

The cause of the outages is not yet clear, with the Spanish government saying it is working to 'identify the origin'.

 

A fire on the Alaric mountain in the south-west of France which damaged a high-voltage power line has also been identified as a possible cause, Portugal's national electric company REN said.

 

A director at Spain's electricity grid operator said just before 3pm local time that the outage is 'exceptional and totally extraordinary' and will take between six and 10 hours to repair. 
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14655567/power-outage-Spain-Portugal-travel-chaos.html

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9wpq8xrvd9t

Edited April 28 by Dashinka

[Pooky 3,877]

And we think the U.S. power grid is vulnerable. ☠️

[Ban Hammer 14,297]

that's one way to go green/net zero.......

[hplusj 573]

Most of South Africa is smugly sipping their rooibos tea right now.

[Boiler 47,532]

Uk will be soon, been talked about for years, just a question of when.

 

I am semi off grid if I need to be.

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Europe Promises To Get The Electricity Back Up ASAP So Everyone Can Hear The Muslim Calls To Prayer

 

LISBON — Following massive power grid failures that plunged multiple countries into blackouts, Europe promised its citizens it would get electricity back up as soon as possible so everyone would be able to hear the Muslim call to prayer over the loudspeakers.

Officials said they were aware that essential staples of European life, like pausing to pray in the direction of Mecca and asking Allah to grant them bloody victories against the infidels, had been disrupted by the blackouts, but assured everyone the normalcy of assaults and stabbings could resume very soon.

"Our way of fundamental Islamic life will continue without issue," said Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/europe-promises-to-get-the-electricity-back-up-asap-so-everyone-can-hear-the-muslim-calls-to-prayer-over-the-loudspeakers