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

After an electricity blackout plunged Spain and Portugal into darkness, France remained largely untouched. But how vulnerable is the country to such an event? View on euronews

Millions were plunged into darkness in Europe on Monday as a massive power outage impacted parts of Spain, France and Portugal. The blackout wreaked havoc on travel across the three countries, and the impacts extended beyond there, too.