Cash and portable radios. Experts advise on how to survive a power outage

30. Apr 2025 at 16:25

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Madrid, BRATISLAVA. Millions of people in Spain and Portugal on Monday about half a day found themselves in the dark. At best, they were at home, in the worst case they were stuck under the ground in the subway or in the elevator.

The cause was a large outpatient power outage, which, in addition to the islands, affected the whole of Spain and a large part of Portugal.

The local authorities continue to investigate the cause, and have so far excluded the cyber attack. Extreme temperature fluctuations are suspected of the failure.

Although the accident has come unexpectedly, Europe calls on its citizens to be ready for similar situations. What should not be missing in their first aid baggage?

Pack out key items

Both countries have declared an emergency for the problem. The European Union issued a guide in Marchwhich advises citizens how to preserve in such cases. One of the main comments is to secure enough food, water and other key things, such as medicines for at least 72 hours.

The strategy is developed, for example, in case of natural disasters, which are now also stimulated by climate change, another pandemic such as Pandemia coronavirusor in case of invasion.

In this case, the objects that citizens should have packed in this case showed on the social networks Hadja Lahbib, the European Commissioner for Readiness and Crisis Management. In her « survival bag » she had glasses, documents in waterproof packaging, flashlight, lighter and matches, bottled water and food, Swiss knife, medicines, cash, charger for mobile phone and a portable charger, portable radio and playing cards.

A similar program Last March, Britain also launched. He advises people to be prepared for crisis situations. For example, they should be assured that they have enough basic food and other important supplies, that they know about escape routes from their homes and that in this case they will receive emergency alerts.