Renfe, Spain's national railway company, said on social media that the "entire national electricity grid was cut off" at 12:30 p.m. local time. It brought parts of Spain and Portugal to a standstill,

A major power outage in Spain and Portugal has knocked out subway networks, traffic signals and ATMs. Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica said resto

Play was halted at the Madrid Open tennis tournament, while the Spanish capital's metro system ground to a stop.