Trio make the most of power outage in Spain

THREE young siblings from South Wales have described the “insane” experience of being in Spain when a nationwide power outage hit the country.

- SHAURYA SHAURYA

Spain declared a national emergency after the power outage on April 28 impacted flights, subway systems and payment systems.

The blackout saw thousands of train passengers stranded and left millions of people without phone and internet coverage and access to cash from ATMs across the Iberian Peninsula.

The unprecedented blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill.

Sister and brothers, Seren Thomas, 21, Calen Thomas, 19, and Finn Thomas, 17, from Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly, were on their first sibling-only trip to the Spanish city of Santander when the outage hit.

Seren and Finn were visiting brother Calen in Spain, who has been undertaking a gap year in the country.

Calen said: “I’ve been doing a gap year in Santander working with a church and charity.

“We had the opportunity for my siblings to come and visit me, so I decided to take a week off to stay in an Airbnb in Santander.

“So this is the first time we have been away as siblings together.”

The trio were trying to add some money onto their bus cards when the outage hit.