GRID operator Red Eléctrica said Tuesday that Spain has almost completely restored electricity after a massive power outage, with approximately 99.16% of the electricity supply returning online as of 0400 GMT.
Broadcaster RTP reported on Tuesday that in neighboring Portugal, electricity has also been restored to most households. RTP reported that about 95% of the country’s 6.5 million customers have resumed the grid.
Millions of people in Spain and Portugal were left in the dark on Monday as electricity went out, communication networks were interrupted, traffic lights stopped working and lifts were in trouble.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised in a televised speech on Monday night that power would return to normal by Tuesday. He did not mention the cause of the power outage, but said that it was impossible to rule out any possibility.
People take shelter at the Atocha train station, where they will spend the night after an electrical power outage. Power returned to part of the Iberian Peninsula late Monday after much of the power outage brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, ground planes, halting public transport and forcing hospitals to suspend routine operations. Alejandro Martínez Vélez/Europa Press/DPA
A woman illuminated her house with the help of candles and battery-powered lighting during an electric power outage. Power returned to part of the Iberian Peninsula late Monday after much of the power outage brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, ground planes, halting public transport and forcing hospitals to suspend routine operations. A.Pérez Meca/Europa Press/DPA
