Electricity supplies in Spain are 99 percent restored
Electricity supplies in Spain, which was hit by a nationwide power outage on Monday, are 99 percent restored. Spanish Minister for Ecological Transition Sara Aagesen said on the social network Bluesky that the figure was accurate as of 06:00 local time (06:00 CEST). However, rail services remain disrupted in many parts of the country, newspaper El País reports.
The commuter rail network in the Madrid area is operating at just 50 percent of its capacity. The Madrid metro will begin operating at 08:00, regional government chief Isabel Díaz Ayuso said on X. Commuter train services in Catalonia remain suspended. Some high-speed rail routes have been fully restored, including the route from Madrid to Seville, El País reports.
In Portugal, which was also affected by the outage, electricity supplies have been restored to 6.2 million of a total 6.5 million households, the BBC reports.
The outage hit the Iberian Peninsula on Monday at around 12:30, with supplies beginning to return in some areas at around 17:00.
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