Spain still in Pain; lowest temperature recorded in 20 years

A major part of Spain is still in pain and is struggling to return to a normal state after three days after a 30-hour-long record snowfall followed by a record-low temperatures.

According to the Spanish weather agency AEMET, overnight temperatures were the coldest since at least 2001 and dropped in some places to the lowest since 1982,

Out of Spain’s 51 provinces and autonomous regions, 11 of them were in the highest weather alert level.

The military and emergency crew are sill working on to make the roads open and as a result the schools remained closed in Madrid and much of central Spain.

The team is trying there level best to remove fallen trees, re-establish power lines, as well as ensuring the distribution of food and coronavirus vaccine.

In a initial assessment, the city hall estimated that at least 150,000 of Madrid’s 800,000 trees have fallen due to the weight of snow.

In order to avoid accidents and other unfortunate incidents, the authorities are urging people to stay at home unless they really need to go out.

A military hospital in the capital had already seen a worrying uptick in trauma cases, defence minister Margarita Robles said late yesterday.

Spanish Prime Minister Spanish Pedro Sanchez thanked civil protection crews and soldiers, while visiting the operation centre of a military emergency unit.

He said that “We have had to live difficult and complex times, but we will move forward because the Spanish society does not give up in the face of adversity,”