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Spain's Power Outage Disrupts Madrid Open, Rail Services

4/29/2025

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Spain's Power Outage

A massive power outage has plunged Spain into darkness, disrupting the Madrid Open tennis tournament and halting rail services. With restoration efforts expected to take 6-10 hours, authorities assure the public that there's no sign of a cyber-attack. Meanwhile, Portugal grapples with similar power challenges, as the European Commission steps in to coordinate assistance.

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Sánchez Addresses Outage

A massive power outage on April 28, 2025, plunged Spain and Portugal into darkness, disrupting millions of lives and halting train services, phone networks, and ATMs. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez labeled the event unprecedented, as authorities probe the cause linked to Spain's distribution network. Restoration efforts are in full swing, with power anticipated to be restored by day's end.

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Spain's Power Outage

A massive power outage has plunged Spain into darkness, disrupting the Madrid Open tennis tournament and halting rail services. With restoration efforts expected to take 6-10 hours, authorities assure the public that there's no sign of a cyber-attack. Meanwhile, Portugal grapples with similar power challenges, as the European Commission steps in to coordinate assistance.

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