VAST areas of Spain and Portugal have been hit by power outages, leaving residents without electricity and mobile signal.
Entire airports and metro systems have ground to a halt in major cities – spinning the countries into chaos.
Barajas Airport in Madrid is still without power.
The Valencia metro has announced it has suspended its entire service service.
Data from Spain’s electricity grid shows an enormous drop off in a matter of seconds.
Entire cities including Seville, Barcelona, ββand Pamplona also remain affected.
Baffled residents took to social media to share news of the power outages – with parts of France also seeming to be affected.
Some reported that the whole of Madrid and Lisbon were without power and mobile coverage.
Others reported that video calls with people across Portugal suddenly cut off.
BREAKING: A sudden, massive power outage has hit major cities in Spain, including Madrid and Barcelona.
— The Herald (@heraldscotland) April 28, 2025
Spain's national railway company, Renfe, said the country's "entire National Electricity Grid" was cut off.
Parts of Portugal and France have also been affected. pic.twitter.com/Ig7pp5JBID
JUST IN – Blackout of the electricity grid in Portugal β PΓΊblico
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 28, 2025
Update:
Madrid’s community president asks the government to activate “status 3” so that the Spanish military can “guarantee order.”
Red ElΓ©ctrica says the power outage in Spain is “exceptional and extraordinary” and will take “up to 10 hours to repair.”
As for now the situation is this: Malaga is online. Porto is offline. Aignan is offline.
Portugal’s grid operator blames a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” for widespread power outages β Sky
Portugal’s grid operator says it is “impossible to predict” when electricity will be restored β PΓΊblico
According to the Portuguese operator, quoted by Reuters, it could take up to a week for the network to be fully normalised due to the complexity.- Reuters
