A nationwide power outage hit Spain, Portugal, and regions of France on Monday, reportedly leaving millions without electricity.
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00:00A nationwide power outage hit Spain, Portugal and regions of France on Monday reported leaving
00:05millions without electricity.
00:07Around midday, users throughout peninsular Spain reported the interruption of the power
00:12supply for reasons still unknown.
00:14The outage affected telecommunications, traffic lights and hospitals as well as operations
00:18in public transport systems, among them the subway and airports including the Madrid Barajas
00:23International Hub.
00:24In addition, citizens of Portugal, Andorra and parts of France bordering Spain were also
00:29reporting being hit by the blackout as further outages have been reported as far as Belgium.
00:34The country's managing electric network company informed that replacement plants were activated
00:39to recover the supply generation and that causes are being investigated.