Spain sends out Covid-19 vaccine as Storm Filomena snow blocks roads
The heaviest snowfall in decades has cut off central areas of the country and killed four people
People walk amid a heavy snowfall in Madrid. AFP
People walk past the Retiro subway station as heavy snowfall continues in Madrid. AFP
A person skis on the Gran Via, central Madrid, Spain. EPA
A woman walks along a street after a heavy snowfall in Madrid, Spain. AP Photo
Snow-covered tables are seen at Plaza Mayor square during snowfall in Madrid, Spain, January 8, 2021. Reuters
A snowplow removes snow as vehicles remain stuck in the M30 ringroad in Madrid due to a heavy snow storm. AFP
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Emergency crews in central Spain cleared 500 roads and rescued more than 1,500 people stranded in their vehicles, allowing Madrid and other areas on Sunday to slowly shovel out of the country’s worst snowstorm in recent memory.
After recording 50 centimetres of snow in the Spanish capital between Friday night and Saturday, Madrid and a large swath of the country remained impassable Sunday, with roads, rail lines and air travel disrupted by Storm Filomena. The blizzard has been blamed for four deaths.
MADRID The Spanish government will send convoys carrying the COVID-19 vaccine and food supplies on Sunday to areas cut off by Storm Filomena which brought…
Spain paralysed by snowstorm, sends out vaccine, food convoys
People walk through the snow and among fallen branches in Madrid
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government will send convoys carrying the COVID-19 vaccine and food supplies on Monday to areas cut off by Storm Filomena which brought the heaviest snowfall in decades across central Spain and killed four people.
Across central Spain, over 600 roads were affected by the rare blizzard and hundreds of travellers were stranded at Madrid’s Barajas airport, which closed on Friday but will reopen gradually later on Sunday.
Forecasters warned of dangerous conditions in the coming days, with temperatures expected to fall to up to minus 10 Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) next week and the prospect of snow turning to ice and damaged trees falling.