Spain, Portugal work to fix massive power outage – DW – 04/28/2025
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Spain and Portugal held emergency Cabinet meetings as evacuations from some public spaces took place. Spain's Interior Ministry has declared a state of emergency for affected regions that need it. Follow DW.

There is currently no power in the Iberian Peninsula. It has been going for about 9 hours now. Yet on Lemmy, I feel like no one talk about this huge international event.

  • Pixelotes@lemmy.world
    12·
    9 hours ago

    That’s right. We spent most day in Spain without power, internet or cellphones. The only working news source was the good old FM radio.

    • Basic Glitch@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I always consider buying a hand cranked FM radio for Hurricane season, but always talk myself out of it. I think you just inspired me to finally just do it.

      Have you heard anything about what might have caused the drop in power?

    • dan@upvote.au
      5·
      9 hours ago

      My emergency kit has a radio with AM / FM / NOAA (emergency weather broadcasts in the USA) and a hand crank to charge its battery for exactly this reason.

        • dan@upvote.au
          4·
          4 hours ago

          :(

          At least I live in an area where the most likely disaster is an earthquake that destroys the entire area, and I’m not sure how useful weather alerts would be in that case.