INTERNATIONAL – While light is gradually returning to Madrid, problems have occurred beyond the Spanish borders. The massive power outage occurred this Monday, April 28 at the end of the morning on Monday, April 28 in the entire Iberian Peninsula notably disturbed Orange Internet services in Morocco, announced the subsidiary of the French telecommunications giant. In France, houses were deprived of current for a few minutes in the Basque Country.
“The disruption of the Internet is due to generalized power failures in Spain and Portugal, affecting international connections”said the company on Facebook. Other Internet access providers, such as Morocco Telecom and Inwi, have not publicly communicated on possible disturbances. For their part, the Moroccan authorities have noted any impact of the breakdown on the country.
Spain: what we know about the giant electricity failure that paralyzes the country
“Disruptions affect the registration system at Morocco airports, following a major electrical failure in Iberian Peninsula”also indicated on X on Monday evening the National Office of Airports (ONDA), claiming to be mobilized for “A quick return to normal”.
In France, RTE claims that ” We are well protected ”
In France, the electricity failure affected the Basque Country, Frontier of Spain, and was short -lived, the French manager of the RTE network announcing that it has restored the supply of energy. “We are well protectedexplains a spokesperson for RTE at Parisian. In the event of a problem in a country, the network automatically disconnects from those of its neighbors, in order to avoid any domino effect. This is what happened. »»
Rte also specifies that the Iberian network “Was automatically disconnected from the European network from 12:38 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., time at which the 400 kV electric line was put into service between French and Spanish Catalonia”.
And the manager specifies this Monday evening that France sends “Up to 2,000 megawatts”or two gigawatts, electricity to Spain and Portugal to help managers of Spanish and Portuguese electrical networks.
Possible internet interruptions in Algeria, the Portventura park affected
In neighboring Algeria, the Ministry of Telecommunications also warned possible interruptions of the Internet service due to the breakdown. He said disturbances could arise “In the coming hours”but none has yet been reported.
Another consequence of this giant breakdown: parks, such as Portventura, south of Barcelona, had to evacuate certain attractions, spotted BFMTV. “As part of a widespread breakdown outside our facilities, Portaventura World experienced an interruption in power supply and, as a preventive basis and following the established security protocols, we have evacuated certain attractions”, wrote the park in a press release.
Electricity is gradually returning to Spain, where it was restored up to 35 % in the early evening. However, there are still eleven trains blocked with passengers on board, said Spanish transport minister. In Portugal, the current could be restored throughout the country “This night”according to the network manager.
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