VAST areas of Spain and Portugal have been hit by power outages, leaving residents without electricity and mobile signal.
Entire airports and metro systems have ground to a halt in major cities.
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Barajas Airport in Madrid is still without power.
The Valencia metro has announced it has suspended its entire service service.
Data from Spain’s electricity grid shows an enormous drop off in a matter of seconds.
Entire cities including Seville, Barcelona, and Pamplona also remain affected.
Baffled residents took to social media to share news of the power outages – with parts of France also seeming to be affected.
Some reported that the whole of Madrid and Lisbon were without power and mobile coverage.
Others reported that video calls with people across Portugal suddenly cut off.
Portuguese news site SIC reported that multiple people had been in touch to say they had been hit with black outs.
The cause of the power failure is not yet known.
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