Cash, tinned food and radio news: Making it through one of Europe's biggest ever power cuts
People in Spain and Portugal tell us what got them through a day with no electricity.
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The mechanics behind Spain’s mega-blackout
People rarely think about Europe’s criss-crossing energy system. We tell you how it works, what went wrong (and right) on Monday and what happens next.
Spain and why energy security's being sacrificed on the altar of green dogma: RUPERT DARWALL
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The blackouts in Spain and Portugal this week viscerally exposed how vulnerable Europe's energy networks have become. Energy security has been sacrificed on the altar of green dogma.
British tourist 'gives birth 10 weeks early during blackouts in Spain': Hero hotel worker helps mother deliver baby
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The holidaymaker in her 20s is stable in hospital after the dramatic delivery in the early hours of Tuesday at the Puente Real Hotel in Torremolinos.
‘Shipwrecked in the 21st century’: how people made it through Europe’s worst blackout in living memory
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a story from The Guardian › International
Daring rescues were attempted, quick commutes turned into hours-long odysseys, cars were directed by baguettes – but the show went on in the world’s best restaurant
The ski lifts, carrying 16 people, …
Spain power outage 'blamed after British father drowns in front of family while on holiday'
Named only as Darren, the man, who is believed to be aged in his 50s, was holidaying in Torremolinos when the tragic incident unfolded in front of his son.
Cash, emergency food and wind-up radios: How to survive a power outage
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a story from The Guardian › International
Citizens across Europe have been getting advice about emergency planning after mass electricity blackout on Iberian peninsula
If the lights went out in your home or office, on your train home, or in y…
How did Spain’s electricity grid collapse?
Outage raised concerns about the resilience of infrastructure in Europe and implications for moves away from fossil fuels
Spain lights up after massive blackout
People cheered and danced in Spain's streets as power was restored following a massive, hours-long blackout.
First victims of Iberian blackout confirmed in Spain as fallout rumbles on
A sweeping power outage left millions of people across Spain, Portugal and parts of France without power on Monday. Authorities are still unclear about what caused the incident. Follow for live updat…
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