Spain and Portugal experienced a widespread power outage on Monday, leaving millions without electricity in a snap blackout. In Portugal, official sources told domestic media that the outage, which hit around late morning local time,

A cross-border power blackout on Monday paralysed the Iberian Peninsula for most of the day, disrupting millions of lives across Spain and Portugal – even interrupting the French electrical system. The sweeping power outage that hit Spain and Portugal this week has raised questions about the electricity grid in a region not normally known for blackouts.

Play was halted at the Madrid Open tennis tournament, while the Spanish capital's metro system ground to a stop.