Portugal recovers from blackout, government says


  • World
  • Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025

People wait outside a terminal at Lisbon Airport during a power outage, in Lisbon, Portugal, April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government said on Tuesday all 6.4 million electricity clients had power supplies normalised after Monday's country-wide blackout.

It said in a statement all airports were operating, if with some recovery still underway in Lisbon, and trains were working.

Schools were also reopening and the health service fully stabilised.

(Reporting by Andrei Khalip and Sergio Goncalves; Editing by David Latona)

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