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Spain and Portugal are in the middle of recovering from a massive power failure
Power supply in Spain, Portugal and France was affected on Monday due to “a problem with the European electricity system”, Portuguese energy supplier ERedes said. As of Monday evening, power has been partially restored across the countries but large swaths of the region remain without electricity. Spanish PM Pedro Snchez said a nationwide blackout of…
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Power is out in Spain, France, and Portugal
Traffic lights and road signs are down across Portugal due to a power outage, according to Portugal’s electricity company E-Redes. The outage was caused by a problem in the electrical grid in Europe and also due to faults in high voltage in Spain and France. The Basque Coast and the Burgundy region were also affected…
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Meet the researchers who pioneered Spanish climate solutions
Spain has introduced a law that gives its workers up to four days of paid leave in cases of extreme weather. In Madrid, employees at Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) work to manage Spain’s climate adjustment plans. Spain is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the…
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There was a huge spike in child hospitalizations due to the flu.
An outbreak of bird flu in Spain has claimed the lives of at least 20 people, making it the country’s biggest- ever death toll from the virus. According to the Health Ministry, over 76,000 people have been infected with bird flu in Spain. The death toll is likely to rise further as several more cases…