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Power outage plunges Spain and Portugal into chaos
The New Indian Express Kozhikode
|April 29, 2025
PANICKED customers scrambled to withdraw cash from banks and streets overflowed with crowds trying in vain to get a signal as a nationwide power outage plunged Spain into chaos on Monday.
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PANICKED customers scrambled to withdraw cash from banks and streets overflowed with crowds trying in vain to get a signal as a nationwide power outage plunged Spain into chaos on Monday. The blackout also affected parts of France and Portugal.
Carlos Condori, one of millions of people affected in Spain and Portugal, was travelling on the Madrid metro when the blackout brought his journey to a shuddering halt.
This story is from the April 29, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kozhikode.
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