The Spanish Ministry of the Interior announced on Monday state of emergency in connection with power failure, which affected almost the whole country.
As emphasized in the statement, it will apply in regions that will ask for state aid in supervising public security.
Seven regions applied for such support: Andalusia, Extreme, Murcia, Rioja, Madrid, Galicia i Kastylia-La Mancha.
The head of the Ministry of the Interior will manage all state, regional and local resources to be used in these regions.
Blackout in Spain. A messaging chaos, vocal flights
Spanish Iberia airlines informed that in connection with Blackout they were forced to references23 out of 247 flights scheduled for Monday.
The airline stated that, taking into account the difficulties in reaching the airport, it would offer all their passengers the opportunity to change the date of travel in a convenient way for them.
The failure also affected telephone lines. Network problems have, among others Residents of Seville, Pamplona and Barcelona. In many Spanish regions you can't pay by card.
The Spanish REFNE railway operator said that at 12:30 Trains “stopped at all stations”.
Blackout in Spain and Portugal. A possible cause of the failure was given
According to the Portuguese transmission operator Ren, a failure in electricity supply in Portugal was the result of the problem that occurred in the Spanish energy network.
Due to the sudden temperature changes In the central part of Spain there was a fluctuations in voltage on the transmission lines of the highest voltage.
The operator added that voltage changes caused Problems with synchronization Between the Spanish and Portuguese power network, which in turn led to problems on interconnectors, among others, European countries.
In turn, according to the Spanish operator Red Electrica, the reason for the collapse of electricity supplies on the Iberian Peninsula was disconnecting the European system of inter -system connections by France.