Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage

All of Spain, Portugal and parts of France experiences a power outage, which will predictably last for 8 hours more.

All economic and social life halted, banks, transport, airports, communication systems are all off line and closed. Hospitals are run by generators.

The cause?

Euroenews reports that “a fire in the south-west of France, on the Alaric mountain, which damaged a high-voltage power line between Perpignan and eastern Narbonne, has also been identified as a possible cause, Portugal’s national electric company REN said.

Meanwhile, the Spanish National Intelligence Centre has not ruled out the possibility of a cyberattack, while the Portuguese government has also suggested the same.”

It is astonishing how fragile the electrical lifeline of a major part of the European Continent is.

Awaiting responses and assurance that this will not happen again.