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A state of emergency has been declared
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in Spain after mass blackouts left
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millions of people in the dark. The
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outage also impacted neighboring
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Portugal with authorities now
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investigating if a cyber attack was to
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blame. An eerie escape. Darkness in the
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depths of the Madrid metro system forced
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passengers out, but it was no better on
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ground level as sweeping power cuts
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brought major cities to a standstill.
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Traffic lights didn't work. Trains were
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stopped in their tracks. Shops shut.
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Phone service was cut. It kind of makes
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you realize how much we depend on just
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like electricity and just basic
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connections. The mass blackouts
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affecting several Spanish cities
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including Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia,
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and Seville. The Portuguese capital was
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affected too along with Porto. While
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areas in France were also briefly
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plunged into darkness. The crossing
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thing didn't work. Yeah. Yeah. And the
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Starbucks is closed, so you know right
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away. Play was suspended at the Madrid
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Open. The outage, silencing this
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postmatch interview. So maybe I just
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need to like not get a lot of sleep.
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Panic spread fast. The Portuguese prime
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minister says there's no indication a
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cyber attack was to blame. Portuguese
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officials said extreme temperature
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variations contributed to the power grid
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disruption, but the exact cause
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is still unclear. According to the
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Spanish PM, authorities there now say
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half of the country's electricity has
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restored. This outage a reminder of just
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how fragile the essential services we
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rely on can be. John Paul Gonzo for 10
