Filomena “has exceeded the most pessimistic forecasts.” The Government takes stock of the snowstorm that devastates Spain and warns that “difficult hours lie ahead.” This is what is causing the storm in the last hours.
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January 9, 2021 (16:10 CET)
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The “situation is serious“. This was announced this afternoon by Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, José Luis Ábalos. Filomena, has assured, “has exceeded the most pessimistic forecasts“and has asked all citizens to eTake trips and stay at home in the next few hours. The Government warns that the next hours and days will be even more complicated due to the imminent drop in temperatures and frost.
The one that has already been cataloged also by the Ministry of the Interior as “the most intense storm in the last 50 years“It has been sowing chaos in a good part of the country since Friday. The latest information also speaks of at least 3 dead, more than 650 roads affected and numerous impassable streets and roads throughout the country. Likewise, a lot of rail traffic has been suspended (like everything that has origin and destination in Madrid) and the Barajas airport will remain closed at least until 11 p.m. this Saturday, canceling almost 60 flights for the moment.
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The worst in the last hours is being taken by the Community of Madrid, where the emergency services have had to rescue since the afternoon of this Friday about 1,500 people trapped in their cars before the impossibility of circulating. The frosts of the next few hours can cause even more problems and traffic accidents, so it is important to limit travel as much as possible until the situation returns to normal.
In the Photo gallery that accompanies this article you can see some images of the snowstorm in Spain, and then we also show you some curiosities, such as the rescue of a fire truck in Madrid that was blocked or the fall of the roof of a gas station in Sacedón. Maximum caution, please.
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The storm #Filomena destroy this Repsol gas station pic.twitter.com/FXW1D61FrU
– SocialDrive (@SocialDrive_es) January 9, 2021
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Snow plows and emergency services are working tirelessly to help drivers stuck on the roads.
Patience until help arrives. We know it is difficult.
To the rest, CHAINS ????????# Madrid112 # ASEM112 pic.twitter.com/ZM1w85X1cl
– 112 Madrid Community (@ 112cmadrid) January 8, 2021
This is how the Military Emergency Unit has worked to rescue drivers trapped in Madrid https://t.co/kcSNVMJ7sW pic.twitter.com/PAeb3OuowR
– String SER (@La_SER) January 9, 2021
#Filomena | From the DGT they insist that, whenever possible, it is best to stay at home and not go out on the road
611 roads and mountain passes are affected by the storm. About a hundred belong to the main networkhttps://t.co/1YKsdA9ocs pic.twitter.com/6G37doZllF
– RTVE Noticias (@rtvenoticias) January 9, 2021
It could be Boston, New York or Helsinki in the middle of winter, but no, it is Madrid, the Moratalaz neighborhood, with its more than 30 centimeters of snow in some streets and it continues to fall. #BorrascaFilomena ???? Sebastian Pino pic.twitter.com/ckXYhzNLxN
– Mario Picazo (@picazomario) January 9, 2021
The neighborhood of Hortaleza is Siberia. pic.twitter.com/fOkMRvdobp
– ✴Valleekan de Alba ???????????????????? (@VayekanadeAlba) January 9, 2021
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