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'Everything went off': How Spain and Portugal's massive power cut unfolded

Moench, Mallory; Pomeroy, Gabriella
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx1qp64wrno

Publisher:  BBC News
Date Written:  28/04/2025
Year Published:  2025  
Resource Type:  Article

Residents of Spain, Portugal. and some parts of France. share first-hand experiences of the mass power cut that caught all by surprise. Local commuters, residents, and businesses all struggled to suddenly manage without electricity, while also having limited access to any updates regarding the outage.

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Commuters in Madrid were left confused in the dark when the blackout hit the city's metro station network. One resident, Sarah Jovovich, was getting off the train when the lights went out.

People were "hysterical" and "panicking", she told the BBC. "It was quite chaotic really."

Mobile phones had stopped working and nobody had any information. Once out of the metro station, she found the roads gridlocked with heavy traffic.

"No-one understood anything. Businesses were closed and buses were full," she said.

Hannah Lowney was halfway through scanning her grocery shopping at Aldi when the power went out in the Spanish capital.

People were coming out of their offices and walking home because they could not tell when the buses were coming, Ms Lowney said in a voice message sent to BBC Radio 5 Live.

"It's a bit disconcerting that it's the whole country, I've never experienced this before," she said.

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