Heavy snow blanketed parts of Spain due to the storm Filomena, that has put the country on red alert. According to BBC, interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said that this was the most intense snowstorm that Spain has seen in the last fifty years (since 1971). Because of the snowstorm, road, rail and air travel, were left disrupted. Up to 20 inches of snow fell on the capital Madrid.
Photos and videos of a snow-covered Madrid made it to social media websites. Several videos showing people enjoying the snow, innovatively skiing on snow-covered roads and few other showing how life has been disrupted were posted on Twitter.
A Twitter user, Jaded New Yorker shared a video of a man enjoying a sleigh ride on the roads of Madrid with the caption, “I interrupt your doomscroll to let you know it hasn’t been snow covered like this in 61 years in Madrid, Spain. People are into it so I’m going to share some videos. This guy has been waiting for this his entire life (sic).”
Check the viral videos:
So much snow in Madrid tonight that is now possible to ski across Puerta del Sol #NieveInMadrid #Filomena #NevadaMadrid #Madrid #nievemadrid #snow pic.twitter.com/OSH9LmsgMj
— The Local Spain (@TheLocalSpain) January 8, 2021
People walk through heavy snow in #Madrid on January 9, a day after snowstorms caused chaos across much of Spain. The snow blocked roads, particularly in the centre of the country, with Madrid seeing its heaviest snowfalls since 1971 #Filomenamadrid
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— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 9, 2021
Madrid City Centre today as the snow storm has his Spain ????????… pic.twitter.com/pkckBb0gK3
— Fr. Robbie O’Callaghan (@FrRobbieOCall) January 9, 2021
Wondering where all the snow has been? Check this out! A historic snowstorm has occurred in Spain ????????
A storm of this magnitude hasn’t happened since 1971!
pic.twitter.com/guAH7ASUuh— Tyler Roney (@TylerJRoney) January 9, 2021
This is Madrid, Spain, after “Filomena” snow storm ???? I had the time of my life with my dog today. Such a sunny white day! ☀️ #snowdog #2021 #Filomena #dogsfun pic.twitter.com/gHMwWRCEps
— Pilar Santamaria (@pilarsantamaria) January 10, 2021
I interrupt your doomscroll to let you know it hasn’t been snow covered like this in 61 years in Madrid, Spain. People are into it so I’m going to share some videos. This guy has been waiting for this his entire life- pic.twitter.com/tMxgG6OrCw
— jaded new yorker (@nozztilbrooklyn) January 9, 2021
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— jaded new yorker (@nozztilbrooklyn) January 9, 2021
View from my brother’s apartment in Madrid, Spain – where it never snows and transportation is now halted. ???? #madridsnow pic.twitter.com/7lBVAj1m3P
— Marnely Murray | Martha’s Vineyard (@Marnely_Murray) January 9, 2021
Madrid, Spain ???????? has smashed snowfall records in an ongoing historic blizzard.
???? Great video by a good friend of mine, Mercedes Pérez pic.twitter.com/rqlqzydgjP
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) January 9, 2021
The temperatures plunged to -8 degree Celsius in parts of Spain because of the storm. To ensure that the major roads were cleared, soldiers were deployed by the authorities. By Sunday, Madrid’s international airport commenced its operations, after cancelling all flights on Friday.
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