Spain and Portugal are holding emergency Cabinet meetings as evacuations from some public spaces were underway. It is not yet clear what caused the blackouts.

Spain and Portugal held emergency Cabinet meetings as evacuations from some public spaces took place. Spain's Interior Ministry has declared a state of emergency for affected regions that need it. Follow DW.

Both Madrid and Lisbon are impacted by the widespread outage.

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...

Local media reports say officials are investigating the cause of the outages, while smaller blackouts were also reported in France and Andorra.

Spanish generator RedElectricia said on Monday the whole Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain and Portugal, had been affected by a major power outage.