Play at the Madrid Open tennis tournament was suspended<\/a>.<\/p>\nS\u00e1nchez said it was still too early to know what had caused the cut, but that nothing was being ruled out.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust how long it will take to get back to normal is something that [the national grid operator] Red El\u00e9ctrica still can\u2019t say for sure,\u201d he said. \u201cThere has never been a drop to zero in the system before and the idea now is to keep on with the progressive and prudent restoration of the supply to avoid any setbacks over the coming hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
By 10pm local time on Monday, 62% of Spain\u2019s substations were back online (421 of 680) and 43.3% of the power demand had been met, while Portugal\u2019s grid operator REN said it had restored power to 85 of the country\u2019s 89 substations.<\/p>\n
Red El\u00e9ctrica had previously cautioned that it could take between six and 10 hours to fully restore supply after what it called an \u201cexceptional and totally extraordinary\u201d incident.<\/p>\n
Along a major thoroughfare in Madrid\u2019s Arg\u00fcelles neighbourhood, the restoration of the power supply prompted whoops of delight and a round of hearty applause among the many people wandering the street.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez said that the power cut originated at 12.33pm, when, for five seconds, 15 gigawatts of the energy that was being produced \u2013 equivalent to 60% of all the energy that was being used \u2013 suddenly disappeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s something that has never happened before,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat prompted this sudden disappearance of the supply is something that the experts still haven\u2019t been able to determine. But they will \u2026 All potential causes are being analysed and no hypothesis or possibility is being ruled out.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Portuguese operator, REN, said the outage was caused by a \u201crare atmospheric phenomenon\u201d, with extreme temperature variations in Spain causing \u201canomalous oscillations\u201d in very high-voltage lines.<\/p>\n
REN said the phenomenon, known as \u201cinduced atmospheric vibration\u201d, caused \u201csynchronisation failures between the electrical systems, leading to successive disturbances across the interconnected European network\u201d.<\/p>\n
Widespread outages are unusual in Europe. In 2003, a problem with a hydroelectric power line between Italy and Switzerland caused blackouts for about 12 hours, and in 2006 an overloaded power network in Germany caused electricity cuts across parts of the country and in France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez thanked France and Morocco for sending additional electricity to Spain, and said the current shortfall would be eased using gas and hydroelectric power.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said additional national police and Guardia Civil officers had been deployed across the country to ensure people\u2019s safety overnight, adding that hospitals were functioning well thanks to the efforts of healthcare workers.<\/p>\n
He said telecommunications services were still suffering interruptions, mainly because of a lack of electricity supply to antennae.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez said that only 344 of the 6,000 flights in Spain on Monday had been cancelled, and that the country\u2019s roads network was working well, barring some tailbacks.<\/p>\n
The main travel disruption had occurred on the rail network, where 35,000 passengers trapped on more than 100 trains had been helped by rail companies and the military emergencies unit. Eleven more trains that had stopped in remote areas were still waiting to be reached.<\/p>\n
In Madrid and other cities, traffic lights ceased to function, causing gridlock as vehicles slowed to avoid collisions, while metros were halted. Spain\u2019s national road authority, DGT, urged motorists to avoid using the roads as much as possible.<\/p>\n
El Pa\u00eds newspaper posted photos and video on its website of passengers navigating darkened metro tunnels in the Spanish capital and police directing traffic on the city\u2019s streets. Footage also showed its own reporters working by torchlight.<\/p>\n
The Spanish health ministry said in a social media update it was in contact with regional authorities to assess the scope of the widespread blackout but reassured the public that hospitals had supplementary systems in place.<\/p>\n
In Portugal, the outage hit the capital, Lisbon, and surrounding areas, as well as northern and southern parts of the country. Lisbon metro carriages were evacuated and ATMs and electronic payment systems cut out.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese water supplier EPAL said water supplies could be disrupted, prompting queues to form at stores as people rushed to buy bottled water and other emergency supplies such as gas lights, generators and battery-powered radios.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez said that eight of Spain\u2019s 17 autonomous regions \u2013 Andaluc\u00eda, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Valencia \u2013 had declared level 3 emergencies, placing responsibility for the response in the hands of the central government. He said schools in those areas would be open on Tuesday, but would not be offering regular classes.<\/p>\n
He said the situation across the country remained very \u201casymmetric\u201d on Monday night, with some regions already having 90% of their power restored, while others had recovered less than 15%.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez also advised non-essential workers to stay home on Tuesday if necessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a long night,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019re going to keep working to get back to normal as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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