Power outages swept across much of the Iberian Peninsula around 10:30 GMT — 12:30pm local time in Spain, and 11:30am in Portugal. Parts of southern France were also briefly affected, but the ...

Electricity is pulsing through Spain and Portugal again after a massive outage knocked out power in both countries on Monday. So too are questions. It remains unclear what caused the sudden and ...

People wait in front of the Atocha train station for services to return to normal after a widespread power outage hit Spain and Portugal around midday, in Madrid, Spain, April 28, 2025.

To Spain now, which, along with Portugal and parts of Southern France, came to a standstill today. An electricity outage halted traffic lights, trains, flights, mobile phone networks, ATMs - you ...

Spain had recovered nearly 50% of its power by 11 p.m., and the prime minister pledged that the entire country of 48 million would have lights back on by the end of Tuesday.

Millions were left powerless in Spain, Portugal and France on April 28 after what officials called an "induced atmospheric vibration," or a rare phenomenon where weather changes affect power lines ...