Alanna Gladstone, a 40-year-old film editor, had landed in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, on a flight from New York hours before the outage. She checked into her Airbnb and took a nap; by the time she woke up, the technology that the country takes for granted had gone dark.

A widespread power outage hit Spain and Portugal, affecting millions of people who live across Europe's Iberian Peninsula.

The whole of Spain, as well as parts of Portugal and France, have been affected by a massive power outage on Monday, April 28. Key cities including Madrid, Seville and Lisbon - have been hit by a power outage leaving residents without electricty and mobile signal.