A massive 8-hour blackout paralyzed most of the Iberian Peninsula on Monday, 28 April, disrupting key infrastructure in Spain and Portugal, including transportation, hospitals, and power plants.
Authorities are investigating the cause. By Tuesday morning, 99 percent of Spain's power was restored, according to Red Eléctrica.
Authorities are investigating the cause. By Tuesday morning, 99 percent of Spain's power was restored, according to Red Eléctrica.
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00:00A massive blackout paralyzed most of the Iberian Peninsula on Monday, 28th April.
00:15The outage brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill for eight hours.
00:20Key infrastructure was disrupted, including public transportation, traffic signals, hospitals,
00:26manufacturing plants, digital payment systems, and nuclear power facilities.
00:33Authorities have not established what caused the sudden outage and are not ruling out any hypotheses.
00:42By Tuesday morning, about 99% of Spain's power supply had been restored,
00:46says Spanish operator Red Electrica.