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Power outage plunges Spain and Portugal into chaos

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April 29, 2025

PANICKED customers scrambled to withdraw cash from banks and streets overflowed with crowds trying in vain to get a signal as a nationwide power outage plunged Spain into chaos on Monday. The blackout also affected parts of France and Portugal.

Carlos Condori, one of millions of people affected in Spain and Portugal, was travelling on the Madrid metro when the blackout brought his journey to a shuddering halt.

"The light went out and the carriage stopped," but the train managed to crawl into the platform, the 19-year-old construction sector worker told AFP outside a metro station in central Madrid.

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