A major power outage is reported in Spain and Portugal, including their capitals

BARCELONA Spain AP A major power outage has been disclosed in Spain and Portugal including their capitals Spanish generator RedElectrica commented Monday the Iberian peninsula was affected It announced the affair is being assessed and responded to It is rare to have such a widespread outage on the peninsula The countries have a combined population of over million people It was not at once clear how multiple people are affected Spain s constituents broadcaster RTVE stated a major power outage hit several regions of the country at around p m local time leaving its newsroom Spain s parliament in Madrid and metro stations across the country in the dark People in neighborhood WhatsApp chats in Barcelona and outskirts cities and towns also communicated the outage In Portugal a country of certain million people the outage hit the capital Lisbon and surrounding areas as well as northern and southern parts of the country Portuguese distributor E-Redes declared the outage was due to a matter with the European electricity system according to Portuguese newspaper Expresso The company reported it was compelled to cut power in specific areas to stabilize the arrangement according to Expresso E-Redes noted parts of France also were affected It was not practicable to make calls on mobile phone networks though certain apps were working Unconfirmed news reports noted the Lisbon subway stopped running Traffic lights in the city center stopped working