Authorities in Spain and Portugal are trying to find out what caused a huge power cut in the countries earlier this week. A power cut is a disruption to electricity. The power cut caused chaos across Portugal and Spain and also affected parts of Andorra and France. Power has now been restored but the disruption is thought by experts to have cost up to €1.6 billion to the Spanish economy. Let's have our first headline. This one's from Bloomberg. Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout. And that headline again. Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout.
And that's from Bloomberg. This headline is talking about the impact of the power cut which it describes as crippling. That means causing serious harm. Now, we are interested in the word blackout. Black, Pippa, that makes me think of darkness.
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