Massive blackout in Spain and Portugal: millions without electricity, communication, and bank cards

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Madrid / Lisbon.

A massive power outage has swept across Spain and Portugal, affecting tens of millions of people. For most citizens, this became an unexpected ordeal: hospitals, train stations, airports stopped operating without electricity, bank cards ceased to work, and street traffic became chaotic due to disabled traffic lights.

In major cities such as Madrid and Lisbon, problems with access to essential goods became particularly acute. Refrigeration units in pharmacies failed, jeopardizing the preservation of expensive medications and vaccines. Pharmacy staff expressed concern about losses from spoiled goods.

"Our electricity went out. Refrigerators aren't working, medication dispensing robots are stopped. We're trying to sell what's left, but we've suffered serious losses," said an employee at one of Madrid's pharmacies.

Citizens who had cash were panic-buying food and water in supermarkets. Many stores were already empty by midday. The operation of gas stations, laundromats, and mobile networks has been paralyzed.

"There's chaos in the streets. No bread, almost no water left. We're buying everything we can still manage to get," shared one of the residents.

The governments of Spain and Portugal held emergency meetings and created crisis response teams. The causes of such a large-scale blackout have not been fully established. According to preliminary data, the failure could have been caused by serious damage to power lines in France or problems in the European energy system.

The situation remains tense: people are preparing for a possible continuation of the crisis in the coming hours.