Spain Grid Recovers Post-Blackout

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How Spain powered back to life from unprecedented national blackout

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It was not until 11:15 (09:15 GMT ) on Tuesday that Spain 's electricity grid declared it was back to normal.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez highlighted the sudden loss of 15 gigawatts of electricity at 12:33 on Monday .

Only the Canary Islands , the Balearics and Ceuta and Melilla on the North African coast were unaffected.

Passengers on the Barcelona metro had to walk to safety using the torches on their mobile phones.

A conference centre in Girona converted into a 180 -bed shelter for people stranded by rail disruptions.

Phone batteries ran down, TVs were on the blink and for many Spaniards their only lifeline to the outside world was from a car or battery-operated radio.

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