La Palma power outage: lightning strike knocks out island grid, 50k households affected

A lightning strike during a severe storm caused a malfunction on La Palma's sole power line, leading to a near-total island-wide blackout for about four hours, affecting over 50,000 households. The island's single power plant went down at 06:45, and the government has activated its emergency plan. The incident highlights the fragility of the island's energy infrastructure, which relies on a single power line and plant, and raises concerns about resilience to extreme weather.

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