Spain, France and Portugal power outage LIVE: Latest updates for British holidaymakers amid travel chaos as companies scramble to restore power

Published on: April 28, 2025

By JAMES REYNOLDS

Published: 12:39 BST, 28 April 2025 | Updated: 12:47 BST, 28 April 2025

Spain, Portugal and France have been hit by a massive power outage, affecting transport, telephone lines and traffic lights in major cities.

Barcelona, Seville and Valencia were all said to have been hit by the outage, with authorities scrambling to bring systems back online.

The cause of the outage is not yet clear, but Spain’s national grid has said it will continue to report any changes.

Follow below for all the latest updates on Europe’s power outage.

European nations hit by huge power outage

Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage of the power outage sweeping Europe.

Spain, France and Portugal were the first reported to have been hit by an outage on Monday.

The cause of the blackout is as yet unknown, and Spain’s national grid is working to restore power.

E-Redes, a Spanish electricity grid monitoring company, said in a statement it was working on reestablishing connection in phases.

‘This is a wider European problem,’ it added.