Murcia and Galicia ask to go down to emergency level 2 to recover the autonomic management after the blackout

The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, and Murciano counterpart, Fernando López Miras, have requested this Tuesday to deactivate the three emergency level to recover the autonomic command of the blackout after gradually recovering normalcy and re-establishing practically all the energy demand this Monday.On the one hand, Rueda has advanced that Galicia has recovered 97% of the electricity supply and will hold a meeting with the Interior Mini…

Alfonso Rueda announces that the community returns to level 2 and "takes control of the emergency"

Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Comunitat Valenciana, Galicia, La Rioja and Region of Murcia ask to go down to level 2 and resume the leadership of the emergency. Interior maintains the management of Extremadura and Madrid.

The Ministry of the Interior has deactivated on Tuesday the declaration of emergency of national interest in six autonomous communities after the massive blackout that affected the entire Iberian Peninsula on Monday. According to Interior, the improvement of the situation justifies the passage to level 2 of emergency and the return of the management to the autonomous governments. The communities where the national emergency has been lifted are A…

Galicia begins its path to normality after almost 14 hours without light. The massive blackout that since 12.30 p.m. on Monday kept Spain and Portugal without electricity, plunged the community into a small — and controlled — chaos. Hundreds of thousands of Galicians went to sleep yesterday among candles and lanterns without knowing when the light bulbs would be turned on again. At the end, after 2 a.m., the light was made in almost all of Galic…

The Cecopi de la Xunta announced yesterday about 21 hours that there would be no classes, no day centers or federated sport. It was a time when the light was missing in almost the whole country. At dawn the situation has improved.