Redacción Massive blackout in Spain, Portugal, and France: the videos of chaos in Europe
An electrical outage left thousands of users without power and forced the suspension of the Madrid Masters 1000
Southern Europe experienced moments of chaos this Monday after a massive blackout affected Spain, Portugal, and southern France. The power supply abruptly dropped, creating scenes of confusion that quickly went viral on social media.
Various users shared videos showing subway stations completely in the dark and trains stopped. In one of the most shocking recordings, passengers were stranded while the scarce emergency lights barely illuminated the platform.
Apagón en España.
Streets collapsed and airports in crisis
The blackout caused a traffic collapse in Madrid, where traffic lights stopped working. Images showed pedestrians trying to cross the streets among vehicles moving blindly.
Internet connectivity also experienced failures, while some train and subway lines suspended their services. The country's main airports reported flight delays and cancellations.
El caos en las autopistas de España por el apagón.
According to Red Eléctrica (REE), around 12:30 local time, energy demand plummeted from 25,184 to 12,425 megawatts in a few minutes. Meanwhile, reports of outages began to multiply throughout Spanish territory, in addition to similar incidents in Portugal and southern France.
Investigations underway and suspension of the Madrid Masters 1000
The National Cybersecurity Institute and the Ministry of the Interior of Spain launched an investigation to determine the causes of the blackout. The main hypothesis pointed to a possible cyberattack.
Imágenes impactantes del apagón que afectó a los españoles.
From Brussels, the European Commission announced that it was closely monitoring the situation in conjunction with the authorities of Spain, Portugal, and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), to clarify the origin of the problem.
In the sports arena, the Madrid Masters 1000 was directly affected. The organization suspended the matches scheduled for that day as a preventive measure. Among the halted matches were the clashes between Grigor Dimitrov and Jacob Fearnley, and Damir Dzumhur against Matteo Arnaldi.
Some commitments in the women's draw, such as those of Mirra Andreeva against Yulia Starodubtseva, and Belinda Bencic against Coco Gauff, managed to be completed before the lack of light forced activities to be interrupted.
The doubles match between Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya also advanced, as they defeated Ulrikke Eikeri and Eri Hozumi. However, other doubles matches, like that of Christian Harrison and Evan King against Matthew Ebden and John Peers, were suspended.
Imágenes impactantes del apagón que afectó a los españoles.
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