The event is unprecedented in the recent history of the Iberian Peninsula. Spain and Portugal are faced with an unprecedented electricity failure, Monday, April 28, which leads to many disturbances in the daily life of the inhabitants. The operators of the two countries were unable to immediately restore the current, and this episode has already sown the mess in transport and many sectors of activity. Franceinfo returns in images to this exceptional situation.
At this stage, it is still too early to glimpse the end of the tunnel. “We can speak of a delay between six and ten hours if all is well. Some supply points are already repaired”said Eduardo Prieto, the director of electricity network operations in Spain. The Portuguese manager, for his part, stressed that he was “Impossible to predict” When the cut in the country would end.
The failure has notably disrupted road signaling devices. The General Directorate of Spanish Road Traffic has advised motorists to take the wheel. Police officers have been deployed to ensure traffic in many cities, in order to take over from the three -color fires.
All of Spain has experienced power cuts, even if the network was gradually restored in parts of the northern country. The metro lines were stopped in large cities, due to a lack of current to feed the trains.
A Lisbon, au minus four trains from the Portuguese capital metro had to be evacuated, according to local media. The causes of this giant breakdown are not yet known, and must be examined. “It would apparently be a problem in the transport network [de l’énergie électrique] whose cause is still to be identified, apparently in Spain “said Portuguese government spokesperson Antonio Leitao Amaro, to the news agency Lusa.
“Due to the power cut, some incidents have occurred in airports. The emergency generators are active”said a Spanish airport manager. L’Full trains had to be stopped, and their passengers evacuated. The stations were overwhelmed with landing travelers and people who came to get them.
In Madrid as in Barcelona, many residents went down to the street, their phone in hand, in search of a hypothetical signal.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez presided over “An extraordinary meeting of the National Security Council in La Moncloa “the headquarters of the Government Presidency, announced its services from the head of government. The European Commission announced that it was “And contact” with the Spanish and Portuguese authorities to determine “The causes” massive electricity failure in the Iberian peninsula.
For the president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, however, rIt does not suggest “at this stage” that the electrical failure that strikes Spain and Portugal was caused by a cyber attack.
