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The power outage hit both capital cities of Lisbon and Madrid particularly hard. Power has now been restored to all of Portugal and 99 per cent of Spain, according to energy companies and ...
An April power outage that affected the Iberian Peninsula put a spotlight on the vulnerability of modern payment systems.
MADRID – Life in Spain and Portugal began to return to normal Tuesday, a day after a massive power outage paralyzed the Iberian Peninsula, leaving governments, companies and experts scrambling ...
A woman uses her cell phone's flashlight in the dark after the matches get suspended due to a power outage at the Madrid Open in Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain, April 28, 2025 ...
A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, halting subway and railway trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATM machines for the 50 million p… ...
MADRID — The cause of Spain and Portugal's widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored. One of Europe’s most ...
Millions were plunged into darkness in Europe on Monday as a massive power outage impacted parts of Spain, France and Portugal, but electricity was largely restored by Tuesday morning. The ...
MADRID — The sweeping power outage that hit Spain and Portugal this week has raised questions about the electricity grid in a region not normally known for blackouts. Monday's outage, one of the ...
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 ...
It was the second serious European power outage in less than six weeks after a March 20 fire shut down Heathrow Airport in the U.K. ... which runs 56 airports in Spain including Madrid and Barcelona.