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- The UK faces a core risk of a nationwide power outage within the next five years with a 1-in-200 chance, affecting nearly 70 million people.
- This risk stems from official government assessments and recent severe blackouts in Spain and Portugal that caused widespread chaos and infrastructure failure.
- A blackout would cause major disruptions including halted transport, collapsed mobile networks, looting, emptied supermarkets, and overwhelmed hospitals reliant on backup power.
- Experts warn that restoring power would take five to seven days and cause heightened risks, especially for vulnerable groups, while an expert stressed the UK is underprepared for such an event.
- These factors imply a national blackout could severely cripple society by disrupting essential services and triggering widespread panic and social disorder.
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Riots, looting & lockdown: UK could plunge into CHAOS in Spain-style blackout
FOR the near 70 million people living in the UK a national power outage could plunge the country into days of chaos like never seen before. Looters running riot on the streets, hospitals overwhelmed by untreated patients and families taking shelter could all await if the panic flooding though Spain is ever felt in Britain. AFPPeople have been forced to sleep on the ground of railway stations and airports due to Spain’s power outages[/caption] Ge…
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