Reports of widespread power cuts in Spain and Portugal

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Teacher in Madrid: We don't know why this is happeningpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time13:18 BSTBarbara TaschLive reporterI've been speaking to Kirsty, a teacher in Madrid, who tells me that she - and many others - "don't know anything" about why the power in the city has gone out.She says there have been mixed reports from Spanish media about the extent of the power cuts and no official communication from the government.Kirsty, who teaches in an international school just outside the Spanish capital, says teachers at her school are now "wondering how we'll get home" following reports of traffic jams due to lights not working. She also says pupils at her school are aware there’s a blackout but don’t know the extent of it as they can't access 5G on school premises and don't have access to Wi-Fi.Kirsty says that the outage began affecting her school and the area it's in around 12:45 local time (11:45 BST), but "luckily" lunches had already been cooked for the children."There's zero electricity," she says, adding that there have been surges - meaning power has come back on - but only for a few seconds each time, nothing permanent.