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Monday, April 28, 2025
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Monday, April 28, 2025
Large swaths of Spain and Portugal hit by power outage
Spanish power grid operator Red Electrica says it is working with energy companies to restore power after large parts of Spain and Portugal are hit by a power outage.
Spanish radio stations say part of the Madrid underground is being evacuated. There are traffic jams at Madrid city center as traffic lights stopped working, Cader Ser Radio station reports.
E-Redes, a Spanish electricity grid monitoring company, says in a statement it is working on reestablishing connection in phases.
“This is a wider European problem,” it adds.
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