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Spain and Portugal experienced a significant power outage on April 28, disrupting essential services.
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Public transit systems such as trains and subways were affected, traffic lights went out, shops shut down, and air travel faced cancellations and delays.
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The failure of traffic signals led to major roadblocks, stranding millions and causing gridlock across several areas.
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The outage briefly affected France.
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People responded in different ways across the region, ranging from panic buying and disorientation to quietly settling in and managing without power the old-fashioned way.
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People use their phones and head torches to buy groceries inside the supermarket during the blackout in Barcelona.
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Soon after the electricity was shut off, streets and squares were filled with people on foot.
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Hospitals in Spain had to run on generators.
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People queue to withdraw money from a bank during the blackout in Barcelona.
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