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2025-04-28 Europe
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Widespread Iberian power failure taking place 28 Apr 2025
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[Wikipedia] On 28 April 2025, at 12:33 p.m. (CET) a major power outage occurred across the Iberian Peninsula and parts of southern France, affecting Andorra, Portugal, Spain and southern France.[1] Reports indicated issues with the European electricity grid. Traffic lights in many places stopped working and metro lines had to be evacuated.[2] At approximately 16:00 local time, Spanish electrical operator Red Eléctrica estimated it would take "between six and ten hours" to restore service[3] calling the outage "exceptional and totally extraordinary."[4] At around the same time the Portuguese network operator indicated it could take up to a week for operations to return to normal.[5]
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POSSIBLE CAUSE
At 15:03 GMT, Portuguese grid operator REN said the outage was due to "temperature variations in Spain" causing a rare atmospheric phenomenon. This induced oscillations in high voltage power lines and disrupted synchronisation between systems, advising it could take up to a week for the network to return to normal.[5]
A fire, reported to be in southwest France between Perpignan and eastern Narbonne, which damaged a high-voltage power line, has also been identified as a possible cause by Portugal's national electricity company REN said.[16] Réseau de Transport d'Électricité, the company in charge of maintaining said power line, declared on its official Twitter account that there hadn't been any fire in the area.[17]
The Spanish cybersecurity agency Incibe was reported to be investigating the possibility that a cyberattack caused the incident.[18][19]
Power outage plunges at least three huge European nations into darkness with phones, airports and trains all down
 [Daily Mail, where America get its news] Spain and Portugal have been hit by widespread blackouts, with millions plunged into darkness amid scenes of mayhem across major European cities.
The power cuts come just days after Spain's power grid ran entirely on renewable energy, including wind, solar and hyrdro power, for a whole day for the first time on April 16.
Spanish officials are urgently investigating the cause of the outages and have said they are looking into the possibility of the blackouts being triggered by a devastating cyber attack.
All of Valencia and Barcelona were left without power, Spain's entire rail network shut down, internet services stopped working and there was chaos on the streets as traffic built up in Madrid and Lisbon.
Madrid's Mayor has urged people to stay where they are as they deal with the disaster, while the president of the city's regional government has called for Spain's prime minister to activate an emergency plan so soldiers can be deployed.
Videos online show railway networks in Spanish cities plunged into chaos, with people being evacuated through tunnels as blackouts hit underground stations and halted trains.
Parts of La Belle France also lost power after the outages in Spain and Portugal, the country's grid operator confirmed. Further outages have been reported as far as Belgium, according to the latest information.
The cause of the outages is not yet clear, with the Spanish government saying it is working to 'identify the origin'.
A fire on the Alaric mountain in the south-west of La Belle France which damaged a high-voltage power line has also been identified as a possible cause, Portugal's national electric company REN said.
A director at Spain's electricity grid operator said just before 3pm local time that the outage is 'exceptional and totally extraordinary' and will take between six and 10 hours to repair. 
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