1 week ago Almost half of Tube network is hit by delays after major outage: Commuters scramble to get home as power failu

Almost half of Tube network is hit by delays after major outage: Commuters scramble to get home as power failu  Daily Mail

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1 week ago Almost half of Tube network is hit by delays after major outage: Commuters scramble to get home as power failure shuts dozens of stations

No trains were running on the entire Bakerloo or Waterloo & City lines this afternoon, while the Jubilee and Northern were both part-suspended due to the major power failure in London.

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1 week ago Tube network descends into chaos as major power outage takes down four lines ahead of rush hour

No trains were running on the entire Bakerloo or Waterloo & City lines this afternoon, while the Jubilee and Northern were both part-suspended due to the major power failure in London.

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2 w. ago Spanish island hit by power outage as thousands left in the dark

The island was not affected by the massive blackout that hit most of Spain and Portugal on April 28

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2 w. ago Spain power outage LIVE: Tens of thousands hit by fresh Canary Islands blackout

Thousands of people have been affected by a fresh power outage in Spain after a major incident at the end of last month led to an unprecedented state of emergency

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3 w. ago British tourist hotpot hit by mass blackout days after Spain and Portugal outage

The blackout comes just days after Spain and Portugal were brought to a standstill

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3 w. ago Group of Welsh schoolchildren left stranded in Spain after major power outage

The children from a Cardiff school were due home on Monday night but are being well looked after by school staff

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3 w. ago Spain power outage deaths confirmed as five people die in major blackout

Five people tragically lost their lives in the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula, with authorities now launching a probe into what caused the unprecedented incident

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3 w. ago Spain admits solar power could be to blame for nationwide blackouts: Mystery over cause of outage grows as top court opens 'sabotage' probe

REE said on Tuesday its preliminary assessment had ruled out cyberattack as the cause of the nationwide power outage that hit most of Spain and Portugal on Monday.

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3 w. ago Mystery as Britain hit by unexplained power outages hours before Spain and Portugal blackout

Control room staff at the National Energy System Operator (Neso) in Britain noticed unusual activity on two occasions on Sunday, in the early morning and the evening.

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3 w. ago 'I live in Spain – here's what we actually did when power went out'

Spain and Portugal were hit by a major blackout on Monday, April 28 with widespread disruption across both countries but one man has shared what people really got up to

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3 w. ago Spain over the worst, investigating the causes and determined to prevent repeat of massive power blackout, PM says – Europe live

Spain and Portugal electricity services returning to normal after being hit by biggest power cut in recent European history Portuguese power network operator REN denied on Tuesday it was behind a message circulated on social media attributing the massive blackout across the Iberian peninsula to a rare atmospheric event, AFP reported.“REN confirms we did not put out this statement,” spokesperson Bruno Silva told AFP, without giving further details. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Could blackouts hit UK? Reviews of infrastructure resilience as power outages hit Spain and Portugal

Parts of Spain and Portugal were brought to a standstill on Monday when power cuts switched off traffic lights, left people unable to access cash machines and caused chaos at airports

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3 w. ago Spain admits solar power could be to blame for nationwide blackouts

REE said on Tuesday its preliminary assessment had ruled out cyberattack as the cause of the nationwide power outage that hit most of Spain and Portugal on Monday.

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3 w. ago Brit tourist gives birth to premature baby in Costa Del Sol hotel garden amid Spain power cuts

A British woman in her 20s went into labour in the early hours of this morning at the Puente Real Hotel in Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol after a huge power outage hit Spain and Portugal

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3 w. ago UK reviews infrastructure resilience after power outages hit Spain and Portugal

Parts of Spain and Portugal were brought to a standstill on Monday when power cuts switched off traffic lights, left people unable to access cash machines and caused chaos at airports

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3 w. ago Electricity restored to 90% of Spain and most of Portugal after massive power outage

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricityLights 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. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago State of emergency declared in blackout stricken Spain as 30,000 police are deployed to keep order, panic

Spain's Interior Ministry on Monday added the emergency status will be applied in the regions that request it.

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3 w. ago Power outage latest: Blackouts across Spain, Portugal and France as train stations are evacuated and events CANCELLED

MAILONLINE BLOG: Spain, Portugal and France have been hit by a massive power outage, affecting transport, telephone lines and traffic lights in major cities.

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3 w. ago State of emergency declared as in blackout stricken Spain as 30,000 police are deployed to keep order, panic

Spain's Interior Ministry on Monday added the emergency status will be applied in the regions that request it.

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