Estonians in de -energized Portugal: chaos reigned everywhere everywhere

The family of travel lovers from Estonia Merekiwi was at the center of events related to turning off the electricity on the Pyrenee Peninsula in Portugal on Monday. According to travelers, chaos reigned in the region and at first a warning sounded that the current could be an abyss for up to three days.

This was written on Monday evening, April 28, BNS with reference to Mikka Merekiwi, which leads a video blog on YouTube under the nickname « Säästurotid Reisivad ». According to him, he and his family were in the store for about noon, when electricity turned off and a warning in the local language was heard. After some time, he was followed by a message in broken English that it was necessary to evacuate from the store building, since a large -scale power outage occurred in the region. “At first we heard that there would be no electricity up to three days, but later we were told that from six to 10 hours to eliminate the problem,” said Mikk.

According to him, the Internet is connected with great interruptions, as mobile mast batteries are constantly discharged. “The offices are closed, ATMs are empty. On crisis gas stations are long lines of cars, and when we found one store that could still be entered, there were huge crowds of people, ”Mikk described what was happening.

The doors of the cafe and restaurants are closed. “When we finally got into one of them, they told us that maybe they could offer us a salad with tuna,” Mikk said, describing the situation in Algarva.

Most of the Pyrenee Peninsula remained on Monday without electricity. The authorities of Spain and Portugal have not yet reported what could have caused the widespread disconnection of electricity. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez convened a crisis meeting.

At noon, electrical interruptions were recorded on most of the Pyrenee Peninsula from the Portuguese capital of Lisbon to the Spanish capital of Madrid, as well as in Andorra and in the south of France. More than 50 million people live in Spain and Portugal. At the moment, it is not known how many households have affected Blackout.

On the Spanish Balearian and Canary Islands, interruptions were not recorded, there is also electricity on the Portuguese Azores and Madeira. According to the Spanish RTVE television company, a large shutdown of electricity occurred in several areas of the country shortly after noon. In particular, the building of the Spanish parliament was left without electricity.

According to local residents, traffic jams formed on Madrid’s streets, as traffic lights stopped working, BBC reports. Airports, transport hubs and shopping centers also do not work in several areas of Spain and Portugal.

As reports this morning ErrBy the evening of Monday in Spain and Portugal, they began to restore the supply of electricity.

By Monday evening, power supply in Spain was restored about half after Blackaut, which occurred shortly after noon on April 28.

“According to electric networks, almost 50% of the power supply has already been restored. The task is to continue to restore the supply in the coming hours,” said Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

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