REN, Portugal's grid operator, said the chaos was caused by a "rare atmospheric phenomenon" in Spain's power system.

Officials are investigating the cause of the outages, while smaller blackouts were also reported in France and Andorra.

MADRID/LISBON — Spain and Portugal were hit by a widespread power outage on Monday (April 28) that paralysed public transport ...

Britain’s Jacob Fearnley was forced off court as play was suspended at the Madrid Open due to a power outage. The third-round ...

Madrid: Panicked customers scrambled to withdraw cash from banks and streets overflowed with crowds trying in vain to get a ...

Millions of people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France lost power on Monday due to an unknown grid issue, the Spanish ...

Spain and Portugal have been hit by a widespread power blackout, which paralysed public transport, caused large traffic jams ...

Huge power outages have hit large parts of Spain and Portugal. Airports have lost power, traffic lights and phone lines are ...

An unprecedented power outage across large parts of Spain and Portugal could last into Monday night, experts have warned. The ...

A massive power outage appears to be affecting large portions of Spain and Portugal Monday. Red Electrica, the operator of Spain's power grid, said early Monday morning it had begun its plan to ...

Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica said that restoring power to large parts of the country after a massive and ...

The impacts are widespread and pervasive; in major cities like Madrid, trains are not running, airports are unable to operate ...