British foreigners in Benidorm revealed a “creepy” reality on the resort's iconic strip after Spain experienced a massive blackout. Lucy Young (aka Benidorm lover) lived at a European resort for over 20 years and explained how widespread power outages in Spain and Portugal had an impact on popular tourist destinations.
On Monday, Swas in Spain and Portugal were hit by massive blackouts, including the capitals of Madrid and Lisbon. They affected millions because internet services, telephone, signalling and cash institutions were not working. Spain's Home Ministry reported that blackouts have grounded planes, shut down trains and declared a national emergency, SkyNews reports. Since then, about half of Spanish power has been returned. Meanwhile, Lucy revealed that as of yesterday (April 28th), the strength had returned to parts of Spain, but there was still an area in Benidorm, in “complete darkness.”
Speaking from the Calle Gerona external jump jacks bar, also known as the Benidorm strip, Lucy confirmed that most of the streetlights and lights were up and running.
However, some streets, such as the streets she had reported, remained “pretty helpless”, including apartment buildings that were in “darkness.”
Lucy said: “I'm on the strip now. I don't believe it because it's very strange. It's very creepy. It's very creepy. There are lots of bars that really closed me, so I'll take me to the covid day. This time there are people.
She added that it was a “very strange day” and explained that she was located at the end of Calle Gerona near the old town where she was not in power.
However, Lucy reported that there was electricity at the other end of the Benidorm strip, “as normal as the center of the party.”
The cause of the outage has not been determined yet, but operators on the Spanish grid have ruled out cyberattacks. What it described as the initial assessment was that it stated that there was a “generational loss” in the southwest.
There were two different incidents with loss of power, and the system was “stable” minutes before the outage, but expanded to “instability.”
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said “all potential causes” have been investigated but he was urged to “not speculate” “because there is a possibility of misinformation.”
Sanchez revealed that 15 gigawatts, equivalent to about 60% of the electricity used, “suddenly disappeared.” Grid operator Red Electrica described the outage as “exceptional and totally extraordinary.”
This was the second major blackout to appear in Europe in recent months following the forced closure of Heathrow Airport in March due to a “severe” blackout.
