At 12.30pm on Monday 28 April, Spain and Portugal were plunged into blackouts. Modern life ground to a halt, thanks to one of the worst power outages in European history. Electricity was not fully restored across Spain until 10 hours later, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with outages lasting up to 18 hours in some regions. Even when the grid came back online, it was still difficult to make phone calls or access the internet in parts of central Spain.
