Widespread Power Outage Is Reported in Spain, France and Portugal

Widespread power outages were reported Monday in parts of Spain, Portugal and France, affecting critical infrastructure like airports and causing transportation disruptions. From a report: 'The interruption was due to a problem in the European electricity grid,' E-Redes, the national energy supplier of Portugal, said in a statement. In addition to Portugal, it said, 'The blackout also affected regions of Spain and France, due to faults in very high voltage lines.'

E-Redes said that the outage was widespread across Spain, with outages in Catalonia, Andalusia, Aragon, Navarre, the Basque Country, Castile and Leon, Extremadura and Murcia. In France, the Portuguese energy supplier said, 'the Basque Coast and the Burgundy region also experienced power cuts.'

Spain's national power company, Red Electricia, said in a post on X that it had restored some power in the north and south of the peninsula. The cause of the outages was not immediately clear. But the effects of the disruption were felt in cities across the region.

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