Teruel, Zaragoza, Tarragona and Castellón continue today, Sunday January 10, with red warnings for extreme risk of snowfall caused by the storm Filomena, according to the prediction of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). The storm has claimed the lives of four people, has closed air, land and rail communications with the center of the peninsula and announces an extreme cold wave, with temperatures below zero, once the snow stops.
Wind, snow, waves and rain put 15 autonomous communities at risk. Specifically, the snow will put Teruel, Zaragoza, Tarragona and Castellón at extreme risk, which will be important in Madrid, the Basque Country, Navarra, Huesca, Burgos, Cantabria, La Rioja, and there will be risk in Huelva, Seville, Asturias, Badajoz, Palencia, Barcelona, Girona and Lleida, the last two also at risk from wind. Tarragona will also be but due to rain.
At risk due to cold will be Castilla-La Mancha, Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Granada, Zaragoza, HUesca, Cáceres and the waves will also put Valencia, Lugo, Pontevedra, Asturias, Mallorca at risk, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, which will become important in A Coruña, Barcelona, Girona, Tarragona.
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The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has urged the population to comply with “all the recommendations” made by the State Security Forces, Army, Civil Protection and emergency services, to fight against the effects of the storm. Filomena. In a message published on his official Twitter profile, Sánchez has called for “maximum caution” in the face of the evolution of the weather in the next few hours, during which the snow is expected to give way to frost in various areas of the country.
I want to reiterate the Government’s call for maximum caution in the face of the evolution of the weather in the next few hours. Let us comply with all the recommendations made by the State Security Forces, Army, Civil Protection and emergency services.
– Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) January 9, 2021
Yesterday afternoon, Saturday, January 9, Pedro Sánchez had a telephone conversation with the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, to offer her collaboration in the face of the consequences of the storm, since a significant drop in temperatures is expected for the next few days. In this sense, Ayuso has asked citizens for help to remove as much snow as possible from the streets before it turns into ice sheets.
If you are going to go out to play in the snow or ski down the street, we ask for your cooperation.
Critical hours remain for this snow to become a great ice rink.
Helps clear ramps, portals, and other passable places.
O well, #Stay at home.
– Isabel Díaz Ayuso (@IdiazAyuso) January 9, 2021
The Government is working so that the trucks bagged on the roads of different parts of Spain form convoys to transport food, medicine and vaccines to the populations. At a press conference on Saturday afternoon, the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, José Luis Ábalos, assured that there is no longer any person trapped in their vehicle at any point in the city. Spain’s road network.
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