Pathugal It has been spent almost a day without electricity, from the last minute of the morning to the early morning. A “unprecedented” eventOvarian In the words of the Prime Minister, Lus MandinigroThis is exposed The country’s energy weaknesses.
The blackout began 11.30 (Lisbon time). The tunnel was paralyzed, the people were Trains and lifts are stuckSome signal systems have been compromised, supermarkets and shops exit light, and then without food or water Mobile Communications and Internet Access They suffered many failures and arrived Total blackout in some areas.
Rescue did not begin until last afternoon, starting in the north of the country and gradually descended to the south. It was at that time, some parts were still without electricity The Prime Minister issued a statement For the country, when an extraordinary ministers leave the congregation.
In a speech to the nation, he thanked the Portuguese reply to the Portuguese, Called for peace In principle, he explained that classes will begin the next day.
Portugal purchases electricity from Spain at a competitive price
He explained that the origin of the darkness took place in Spain and was affected Portugal, because it is buying electricity from neighboring country Louis Montenegro said, “The sudden increase in tension in the Spanish electric network” is highly competitive. But the reason is not yet officially determined.
“The situation that took us here is not autonomy. We have the ability to produce energy. But in fact, for financial reasons, we imported energy from Spain Is the most competitive price“He said. In the end, before answering the questions of journalists A “Energy Crisis situation”.
Mandinigro also also said that he was involved with her Chairman of the Spanish government, Cotton SanchezOvarian Along with the European Commission Chairman Ursula Van Ter Lain and the European Council President Antonio Costa. He also had the opportunity to ask Changes in energy distribution In the EU, it allows Portugal to connect to other countries in addition to Spain.
Spain is connected to France and Morocco
“We have been asking for a long time to strengthen contacts with the EU, so that we have more energy,” he said, highlighting it. Spain is connected to France and Morocco.
There are no forecasts on when the nature will be reset, and the Portuguese authorities point to “the next few hours” at the time of the 15 Spanish regions already recovered electricity. The National E -Red (Ren) is already planned for the supply of electricity in Portugal a At 6.30pm.
Endless tails, fireballs and free day: thus Lisbon lived in blackout
As for Ceelim Oslati, for millions of Portuguese, the situation was a great surprise. Not only did his plane suspended, he had to leave the Lisbon airport as a cattle. “I have been walking for 30 minutes I am going to walk with my suitcase, “This tour said in French.” This is the first time I see this, the first time in my life. “
One of the hundreds of people who walked with Kako Out Tinho Avenue, Chelim Oslatti, is the key Airport access roads The capital of the Portuguese. They were mainly accused of suitcases on passengers and crews Cancellation of aircraft and access to airport.
“There is no electricity. Nothing. You can’t even go to the airport by car. You have to walk, ”added the French. Long walking in Lisbon on this different day is very normal, in which the Portuguese capital tried to deal with the effects of electric cuts.
In the early morning, the sidewalks were especially crowded, and many walked Lack of transport. At some bus stops, tails were created with dozens of people.
Only buses and taxis are public transport: Metro stations closed the doors. Trains have not spread since morning due to the strike of the workers.
In addition, many companies sent them Workers’ home. In the afternoon, Schools and universities And They canceled classes. Catarina martyrs studying medicine only had classes in the morning.
Advertisement“When the blackout occurred, some Hospital areas with generators They continued to have electricity, while others did not do so. Then, a few minutes later, they told us that we were not going to get more classes and the teachers were going to close. ”
Next to her, her companion Diana Kaspar did not know when he would return to the university. And showed concern about her mobile and computer. “I want to read and I don’t have much battery“I said
Grocery shops in the dark
Catarina and Diana were one of the most central parts of Lisbon, Alameda. Unpublished scenes appeared. There was a long tail at the door of a bank To get the money.
In the restaurants and small grocery stores, the interior was filled with but dark. In a mini -fresh, customers used their mobile phones to see the products for the ‘EuroNuse’. At the bottom of the store, two employees had two incandescent lamps.
AdvertisementThis mini -sins, mainly by immigrants, are never closed in the afternoon. Unlike some big supermarket chains, it was closed in the middle Government calls against hoarding.
But there was another challenge: the circular By a city with no traffic lights. In Almirnde Rais Avenue, one of the most traveled roads in the city, cars and sailors improved their way, very carefully.
The last blackout was in 2000
All of these are under a hot heat. Without panic symptoms, The terraces and gardens were full of people In relaxing and sunlight. After all, it is not yet too much to wait. Even if mounted with a suitcase, Ceelim Osti did not lose her good comedy. Among other things, as he insisted, it was a Beautiful sunny day.
In 2000, there was a blackout without electricity for about two hours in the southern half of the country, including Lisbon. It happened on the night of May 9 and occurred A norin electricity Figura da fose, who crashed into a high voltage electric line in Laos. Today’s blackout has affected the entire country for more than nine hours.
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