Item 1 of 2 People use their phones and head torches to buy groceries inside the supermarket during the blackout in Barcelona, Spain April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Bruna Casas
[1/2]People use their phones and head torches to buy groceries inside the supermarket during the blackout in Barcelona, Spain April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Bruna Casas Purchase Licensing Rights
MADRID, April 28 (Reuters) – Spain’s Interior Ministry on Monday declared a state of emergency after a nationwide power blackout hit most of the Iberian Peninsula.
The ministry added the emergency status will be applied in the regions that request it.
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So far, Madrid, Andalusia and Extremadura have asked for the central government to take over public order and other functions.
Reporting by Inti Landauro, editing by David Latona
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