Spanish power networks said restoring electricity to the country and Portugal could take up to 10 hours., and by mid-afternoon, voltage was progressively being restored

There have been chaotic scenes across both countries.

Spain and Portugal were the most impacted by the power cut, with ‘large areas’ experiencing outages. That included the cities of Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona, Porto, Valencia, Seville and Bilbao. Andorra and parts of France were also briefly affected, however French grid operator RTE has said the network was operating again by Monday afternoon.