Power outage causes chaos in Spain and Portugal

A massive power caused great parts of Spain and Portuguese to a widespread chaos and violation on Monday.

Without electricity, the Internet and telephone networks were reduced.

Trains were canceled in some areas and evacuated and traffic lights stopped working as delays in the airports.

Shops, houses and restaurants were darkened in the dark – and some people were stuck in elevators – the Spanish electricity network could take several hours, the strengthening of the strength.

Spanish political leaders said the cause of the violation was not yet known, but there was no sign of cyber.

First reports of a cut The afternoon started around Monday (10:00 GMT) and the effect increased quickly.

The amount of interrupts became clear, the residents of Madrid, keeping roads and “really urgent”, they were warned not to leave the road and call emergency services.

A Spanish operator said that the restoration of power will last 10 hours, and Portugal’s power firm Ren could return to full power, he said.

As the card payments are affected by the cut, there are shifts in cash and some filling stations.

Spanish media said some hospitals were suspended in ambulance plans, including everyday work.

After evening and a few hours of darkening, in some parts of the country, residents returned the lights.

Power was restored in the north of the Peninsula of the Peninsula (Iberia) of the IBERIA), “he said.

Authorities in Spain and Portugal are still trying to work the cause of power cut.

“There are no signs of a cyberbut,” the President of the Council of Europe Antonio Costa, at the moment.

As the day spreads before, the inhabitants of Madrid were warned to stay out of the roads.

In a video on social media, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Spain, and the residents want to keep up to minimize and clean all the ways. “

If people are only “really urgent” they must call emergency services.

“Go to the police and fire stations if the emergency calls are unanswered, and they will try to deal with all emergencies here.”

The country’s nuclear power plants were automatically stopped, and Spanish oil company Moeve has suspended operations at its oil refineries.

In some airports, flights were also affected by delays and liquidation. Easyjet, Lisbon and Madrid have experienced some violations in operations, he said. He said that the situation was “liquid” and the local recommendations were inspected to customers.

Aviation information company CIRIUM Portugal (96 flights left 45 from Spain, he said.

Enterprises were severely affected. Some IKEA branches in Spain joined the spare generations and ceased to enter their clients in stores.

Madrid open tennis organizers decided to overturn the event on Monday.

In somewhere else, Andorra and France’s parts were also shot, but the little and the Canary Islands were not affected.