{"id":869,"date":"2025-04-29T07:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onesrvmx.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2025-05-02T22:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:47:03","slug":"map-reveals-cities-affected-by-the-power-outages-in-spain-and-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onesrvmx.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/map-reveals-cities-affected-by-the-power-outages-in-spain-and-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Map reveals cities affected by the power outages in Spain and Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our map shows some of the cities and areas which were affected across southern Europe (Map: Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The effects of a major power cut across Spain<\/a>, Portugal <\/a>and beyond are still being felt a day after the lights went out. <\/p>\n

Traffic lights switched off, trains stopped, and airports went dark in several cities, including Madrid, Barcelona<\/a>, Valencia<\/a>, Seville<\/a> in Spain and Lisbon<\/a>, Santar\u00e9m and Porto in Portugal, following the outage around midday Monday.<\/p>\n

Power cuts were also reported in Andorra and the Basque region of France. Our map shows some of the areas affected.<\/p>\n

Almost 100% of power has been restored across Spain, but areas in Portugal are still reeling from the outages. <\/p>\n

Portuguese grid operator Ren said the power outage was down to a \u2018rare atmospheric phenomenon\u2019 that affected the Spanish electricity grid.<\/p>\n

Power appears to have returned for some, including Barcelona and Lisbon airports, which both saw outages, while others are still waiting.<\/p>\n

Footage was shared of the moment the Madrid Open tennis tournament was cut off from power earlier this afternoon, and matches were suspended.<\/p>\n

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Many flocked to supermarkets to stock up on goods (Picture: EPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Traffic chaos in Madrid as the lights stopped working (Picture: x\/35pulsaciones)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Coco Gauff, the former US Open winner, was being interviewed about her match when the sound cut out of the microphone.<\/p>\n

Videos also showed cars jostling at junctions as no lights were working to control traffic.<\/p>\n

Some people were left without running water, causing panic buying at local shops.<\/p>\n

The government of Andalucia \u2013 the region in the south of Spain which includes cities like Seville \u2013 were among those which declared a state of emergency.<\/p>\n

They advised people against unnecessary travel in a post on social media.<\/p>\n

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Portugal\u2019s government previously said the incident appeared to stem from problems outside the country, an official told national news agency Lusa.<\/p>\n

A traveller at Lisbon airport told Sky News passengers have been asked to leave: ‘It’s horrendous… the airport has done nothing to help anyone and has now just put an announcement out to say all passengers must leave the airport and contact their airline provider.’<\/p>\n

Aena, which runs international airports across Spain, including Barajas in Madrid, the busiest airport in Spain, said in a statement: ‘Due to the power outage, some incidents are occurring at the airports.<\/p>\n

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Fans are seen leaving the Madrid Open as matches get suspended (Reuters\/Violeta Santos Moura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Contingency generators are active. Please check with your airline, as there may be disruptions to access and ground transportation.’<\/p>\n

Air traffic was cut to Air traffic to ‘half capacity’ at many airports, with several flights cancelled. <\/p>\n

Spain’s traffic authority DGT, meanwhile, warned people not to use their cars.<\/p>\n

One woman from West London, Maddie Sephton, was on the Madrid Metro when the power cut happened. <\/p>\n

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