A scenario never seen: several European countries have run out of light, millions of affected people. E-nodes explains origin of the global failure.
It is a day we have never seen: a Luz failed In Portugal, in Spain, in France… it is a global blackout, especially in southern Europe.
It was close to 11:30 am From the morning of Monday, April 28 (day that has already stayed for history for an unexpected reason): it was not necessary to leave the newsroom of ZAP to realize that something was wrong. No one had light.
In a few minutes, and after some contacts, we found that several areas of the country, from north to south, had no electricity either.
A national blackout would be unprecedented. But quickly – with the network that was still left – we realized that Spain It is also being seriously affected. There is no longer to circulate on the streets.
In Portugal, equal: there are already reports of accidental on the roads mainly due to the absence of traffic lights. Adds that there are military personnel to be summoned to the barracks, to outline a strategy for maintenance of public order.
E-Redes has already published an explanation: a problem in the European power grid, which affected the national network. Will have occurred FROM LINES OF VERY HIGH Voltagethe 400,000 volts.
REN – National Electrical Networks – indicated that it was necessary cut “In some specific areas to ensure network stability.”
There is also guarantees that the light is already to go back progressive forms.
But while we don’t come back, we have already confirmed that there are systems or communications in hospitals e pharmacies that do not work, metro that stayed in half with people arrested, classes interrupted, supermarkets closing, firefighters are constantly being called for situations of people arrested in Elevators…
Nos airports The confusion reigns. A report has come to ZAP that, back to Francisco Sá Carneiro airport, more precisely in Maia, there are several aircraft to circulate, surrounding the space. They cannot land for failure to the computer system. There are airports paralyzed in Spain.
In the Azores, some islands still have light. And the blackout has not yet reached Madeira.
The general blackout has also reached at least south of France.
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, Zap //
