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Home | World | Spain Sees Heaviest Snowfall

Spain sees heaviest snowfall

Madrid airport closed, 400 roads affected amid heaviest snow in 50 years

By AFP
Published Date - 03:18 PM, Sat - 9 January 21
Spain sees heaviest snowfall
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Madrid: Heavy snow continued to fall across much of Spain, causing chaos on the roads, particularly in the centre of the country, with the capital Madrid seeing its heaviest snowfall in 50 years.

By nightfall, the extreme weather brought by Storm Filomena had left many areas under a deep blanket of white in a rare bout of wintry weather not seen in decades in the Iberian peninsula. As the snow showed no signs of letting up, Madrid’s Barajas airport halted all incoming and outgoing flights.

“For safety reasons, operations have been stopped at #Airport AS #Madrid-#Barajas, until visibility is improved. The work to clear the runways continues in order to resume operations as soon as possible #BorrascaFilomena,” it tweeted.

The blizzard also caused havoc on the roads, with nearly 400 affected across Spain and hundreds of vehicles stranded in the snow and ice. The worst-hit regions were Castilla La Mancha, Valencia and Madrid, with the capital seeing its heaviest snowfall since 1971, Spain’s public television said.

Hours of intense snow cut off the city’s two main ringroads, the M30 and the M40, and a red alert was declared in the city centre where police struggled to help people stranded in vehicles.The transport authority said the snow had disrupted traffic on almost 400 main roads, where in many cases lorries and heavy goods vehicles were unable to pass, while many roads were only passable with snow chains.

The AEMET weather agency described the situation as “exceptional and most likely historic”.
Earlier in the day, children in Madrid could be seen hurling snowballs or playing under snow-covered palm trees, while others snapped photos of the rare whiteout which began in earnest the day after Spain celebrated King’s Day or Epiphany.

Storm Filomena has also brought intense rain and high winds to the Canary Islands as well as the southern coast of the peninsula, AEMET said.

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