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Storm cuts power across La Palma before supply is restored
Heavy rain knocked out electricity across La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, early on Monday.
The island was under a maximum rain alert, with intense downpours reported during the night.
The outage affected the whole island, and the regional government activated emergency coordination measures to monitor essential services.
The island’s thermal power station disconnected, but the cause of the failure is still being investigated.
A power failure can have wider effects on islands because they may have fewer connections to other electricity networks for backup.
Supply was fully restored at 10:26 GMT, according to the regional government.
Authorities had reported no injuries and urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel and stay clear of flooded areas.
La Palma lost electricity across the island on Monday after a storm, with the outage reported at 06:42.
The Canary Islands government activated an emergency alert and response plan to coordinate agencies and assess effects on essential services.
Red Eléctrica said the island’s thermal power station had disconnected, while the cause was still under investigation and could be linked to the storm.
The power supply was fully restored at 10:26 GMT.
Endesa reported that the outage affected 50,508 electricity supplies.
- Who
- La Palma residents and electricity customers were affected.
- What
- A general power outage cut supply across the island. Electricity was later restored.
- When
- Monday, 2 November 2026; the outage began at 06:42 and supply was restored at 10:26 GMT.
- Where
- La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Islands.
- Why
- Red Eléctrica said a thermal power station disconnected; the cause was still being investigated and could be linked to the storm.
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La Palma entered a maximum alert for rain.
A general failure in the electrical system caused a total loss of supply across the island.
Authorities activated emergency measures as the supply was progressively restored.
The electricity supply was fully restored.
- Outage began
- 06:42 on 2 November 2026
- Island affected
- La Palma, Canary Islands
- Affected supplies
- 50,508
- Rainfall alert
- Maximum alert from 02:00
- Supply restored
- 10:26 GMT
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La Palma sufre un apagón general que deja a la isla sin suministro eléctrico y Canarias activa el plan de emergencias