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What we know about power outage in Spain, Portugal

A woman uses her phone's flashlight after the matches at the Madrid Open were suspended due to the power outage [Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters]

Spain and Portugal have regained access to electricity after one of Europe’s worst blackouts paralysed transport systems, disrupted mobile communications and postponed medical procedures.

For almost a day from Monday to early on Tuesday, tens of millions of people were plunged into darkness. In major cities like Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon, people were trapped in lifts, stuck on trains and unable to access the internet.

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