Blackout sows chaos. Crowds are pushing on shops: this is not the end
Just a few hours After the first reports of the Blackouts The shelves in supermarkets began to empty. People primarily bought water, food with a long shelf life, batteries and hygiene. There were scuffles in some stores, and the service had difficulty with mastering the pressing crowd.
Empty shelves in stores and huge queues for gas stations
Gas stations found themselves in an equally dramatic situation. Terrified inhabitants and foreign tourists set up in several hundred meters queues to refuel cars or fill the canisters with fuel. It was feared that the lack of electricity would also immobilize fuel supplies, which could paralyze the cities for longer.
A similar picture could be seen in front of ATMs. In many places, long queues of people were setting up to pay as many cash as possible. Lack of electricity prevented the operation of many payment terminals and cards, which further intensified panic.
Blackout in Spain and Portugal: People began to panic
« People begin to panic. If the electricity does not come back quickly, the situation gets out of control, » said the British tourist who got stuck in the center of Madrid.
Although in some regions of Spanish and Portugal it was possible to partially restore power supply, chaos and anxiety among residents do not weaken. The authorities call for peace, but at the same time admit that full removal of the failure may take up to several days.
In the face of a lack of information and a growing number of gossip, for many residents and tourists one thing has become the most important: Protection of basic needs as soon as possible.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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Chaos after failure: powerful queues for gas stations and voids in stores.
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Chaos after failure: powerful queues for gas stations and voids in stores.
