A nationwide power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, leaving millions without electricity. Reports indicate issues ...

Extreme weather has been blamed for the outages, which have caused flights to be delayed and cancelled across the continent.

Trains, traffic lights, card payments, and phone networks have been hit by the massive outages across both countries.

Large swaths of Portugal, Spain, parts of France, and Italy experienced a massive power outage on the morning of April 28.

People with their luggage wait outside Humberto Delgado Airport following a general electricity shutdown in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 28, 2025. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images ...

Sections of Lisbon Airport have also been closed, with police officers there trying to control the flow of passengers in and out of the area. Parts of Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport are closed ...

Spanish train operator Renfe said there was a power outage at a national level, causing trains to stop and departures to be ...

Metro systems in Madrid, Barcelona, and Lisbon were forced to shut down, and major airports, including Madrid-Barajas and Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport, faced significant delays and partial ...

The Spanish national electricity grid operator, Red Electrica, has issued an updated statement concerning the power outage ...