Our map shows some of the areas affected. Almost 100% of power has been restored across Spain, but areas in Portugal are still reeling from the outages.

On 28 April 2025, an unprecedented collapse of the Iberian Peninsula’s electricity grid brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill. The likelihood of this ever happening was extremely low and ...

April 29 (UPI) -- Electricity was restored to most of Spain and Portugal as of Tuesday, with continued disruptions on the second day after an unknown failure caused a massive blackout across much ...

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.

For millions of people across Spain and Portugal, power was lost in an instant yesterday. Communications came to a halt, water was not running in places, metro systems ground to a standstill, and ...

By early evening, with the sun sinking and power still out for most of Spain and Portugal, misinformation swirled online and in person. “The rumor mill was just going crazy,” she told CNN.

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Power has been restored to tens of millions of people across almost all of Spain and Portugal, but disruptions to ...

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 ...

Spain and Portugal focus on cause of huge blackout with power almost fully restored BY Associated Press Europe PUBLISHED 7:57 AM ET Apr. 29, 2025 ...

MADRID (AP) — The cause of Spain and Portugal's widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored to both countries.