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‘Shipwrecked in the 21st century’: how people made it through Europe’s worst blackout in living memory 29 avril 2025 à 20:20

‘Shipwrecked in the 21st century’: how people made it through Europe’s worst blackout in living memory

29 avril 2025 à 20:20

Daring rescues were attempted, quick commutes turned into hours-long odysseys, cars were directed by baguettes – but the show went on in the world’s best restaurant

The ski lifts, carrying 16 people, dangled high above the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. As parts of Spain and Portugal were plunged into a blackout on Monday, the swaying gondolas had come to a halt metres above the ground, leaving people trapped inside.

About four hours later, video posted online by the ski station showed a rescuer lowering themselves into a gondola to set up a system of ropes that allowed the skiers to rappel to the ground.

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Electricity restored to 90% of Spain and most of Portugal after massive power outage 29 avril 2025 à 06:54

Electricity restored to 90% of Spain and most of Portugal after massive power outage

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Par :Sam Jones and Ashifa Kassam in Madrid · and Jon Henley

29 avril 2025 à 06:54

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricity

Lights flickered back to life across most of Spain and Portugal on Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula, stranding passengers in trains and elevators while millions lost phone and internet coverage.

Electricity had been restored to nearly 90% of mainland Spain by early on Tuesday, the grid operator REE said. Power was restored overnight to around 6.2m households in Portugal out of 6.5m, according to the national electricity grid operator. Lights also came on again in Madrid and in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon.

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‘People were stunned’: how massive blackout unfolded across Spain and Portugal 28 avril 2025 à 19:05

‘People were stunned’: how massive blackout unfolded across Spain and Portugal

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Par :Ashifa Kassam in Madrid · Jennifer Rankin and Jakub Krupa

28 avril 2025 à 19:05

With mobile networks down and much of Spain’s transport system paralysed, people were left to navigate the chaos as best they could

It was the moment the lights went out. In a post-match interview, after her straight sets win to reach the last eight of the Madrid Open, American tennis star Coco Gauff was joking about her avocado toast breakfast and bad night’s sleep, when suddenly the microphone cut. She looked surprised, while behind her the LED ad boards turned black.

It was just after midday and all across the Iberian peninsula the power was failing, plunging Spain and Portugal into chaos. Buses and trains stopped; cash machines went dark; people were left trapped in unlit metro carriages and lifts, with no certainty about when they would get out.

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