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Seville in Spain and Lisbon, Santarém and Porto in Portugal, following the outage around midday today. Power cuts were also reported in Andorra and the Basque region of France. Our map shows some ...
A huge international blackout brought most of Spain and Portugal to a complete standstill today, with major cities across western Europe hit by powercuts. All of the Iberian Peninsula's biggest ...
A massive, unprecedented power outage hit large parts of Spain as well as Portugal on Monday. The blackout halted subway and railway trains, cut phone service and shut down traffic lights and ATMs ...
A massive power outage appears to have affected large portions of Spain and Portugal Monday. Red Electrica, the operator of Spain's power grid, said on social media Monday morning that voltage has ...
The massive power outage that wreaked havoc in Europe is being blamed on a pair of likely solar plant breakdowns in southwest Spain, a report said. By 7 a.m. local time Tuesday, more than 99% of ...
A massive power outage paralyzed Spain and Portugal on Monday in an incident with no immediate explanation. “It’s best to not speculate. We will know the causes soon. We are not discarding any ...
Millions were left powerless in Spain, Portugal and France on April 28 after what officials called an "induced atmospheric vibration," or a rare phenomenon where weather changes affect power lines.
Electricity is pulsing through Spain and Portugal again after a massive outage knocked out power in both countries on Monday. So too are questions. It remains unclear what caused the sudden and ...
This week’s blackout in Spain and Portugal confronted authorities with an unprecedented event: the first mass electrical outage on a grid largely powered by wind and solar energy. Spanish ...