Spain and Portugal were hit by a widespread power outage on Monday (April 28) that paralyzed public transport, caused large traffic jams and delayed flights. - REUTERS
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00:01Spain and Portugal were hit by a widespread power outage on Monday
00:05that paralysed public transport, caused large traffic jams and delayed trains and flights.
00:12Utility operators sought to restore the grid with the cause yet to be confirmed.
00:17In parts of Portugal and Spain, traffic lights stopped working, causing gridlock.
00:21Transport networks were halted and people were trapped in the metro and in elevators.
00:26In Madrid, hundreds stood in the streets outside office buildings,
00:30with a heavy police presence around some important buildings.
00:34The capital's mayor urged residents to minimise all travel and stay at their current locations if possible.
00:41Airports in both Spain and Portugal reported delays in the activation of emergency generators.
00:46The Spanish and Portuguese governments met to discuss the outage and a crisis committee was set up in Spain,
00:52sources familiar with the situation said.
00:54Power outages on this scale are rare in Europe.
00:57In 2003, a problem with a hydroelectric power line between Italy and Switzerland
01:02caused a major outage across the whole Italian peninsula for 12 hours.
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