Widespread energy outages upended life for tens of millions throughout Spain and Portugal (and, briefly, components of France) on Monday.
Site visitors lights went darkish at busy intersections. Trains stopped in the course of a workday. And lengthy strains fashioned at A.T.M.s and grocery shops, the place bank card readers stopped working.
By Tuesday morning, the outages had been principally over, however their trigger was nonetheless beneath investigation.
Right here’s what we all know.
Energy has principally been restored to the area.
Spain’s nationwide energy firm stated early Tuesday that just about all energy demand in Peninsular Spain was being met as of 6 a.m.
Portugal’s electrical energy and fuel provider, REN, stated late on Monday that it had restored 85 of its 89 substations and switching stations powering that nation’s grid. However some areas had been nonetheless in the dead of night, together with the coastal metropolis of Portimão and a densely populated space south of the capital, Lisbon.
{The electrical} grid operator in France, the place the outage briefly affected households within the Basque area, stated all energy had been restored.
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