The strong snowstorm and cold wave affecting the country has caused many problems: roads were blocked, the trains were canceled, while a group of pilgrims who tried to go to Santiago de Compostela was trapped because of severe weather.
In the province of Palencia, about 60 passengers were accommodated in a gym and a school, reported a photojournalist of the French Agency, the Cesar Manson, who was forced to spend the night there because the roads were blocked by snow.
Wednesday night, the army conducted attempted to extricate about 100 people who were trapped in the A-67 motorway.
In northern Spain extreme weather events continue to plague today a region of Asturias to Catalonia.
Authorities warn that new snow and frost is coming.
Reader´s comment: Snowstorms in southern Europe are front page news in Greece, but they are not even mentioned in the Dutch MSM.
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