Spain declares state of emergency after nationwide power blackout

Power outage in Barcelona
People use their phones and head torches to buy groceries inside the supermarket during the blackout in Barcelona, Spain April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Bruna Casas
Source: REUTERS

Spain's Interior Ministry on Monday declared a state of emergency after a nationwide power blackout hit most of the Iberian Peninsula.

The ministry added the emergency status will be applied in the regions that request it.

So far, Madrid, Andalusia and Extremadura have asked for the central government to take over public order and other functions.

This article was produced by Reuters news agency. It has not been edited by Global South World.

You may be interested in

/
/
/
/
/
/
/