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(9 Jan 2021) Spain was on high alert into Saturday as a cold snap covered much of the country with record levels of snow which disrupted road, rail, sea and air traffic.
The national AEMET weather agency had forecasted may 13 social security check that the Spanish capital and other parts of the country's central regions would receive more than 24 hours of continuous snowfall beginning on Friday as Storm Filomena moved north from the Straits of Gibraltar.
Madrid was enduring what the city's mayor described as the worst storm in 80 years", prompting the closure of the city's main park and restrictions on the suburban belts of highways.
All incoming and outgoing flights were halted at the denzel washington liga portugal city's international airport, leaving hundreds of passengers at terminals or already inside aircraft waiting for the weather to clear up.
AEMET said up to 20 centimeters (nearly 8 inches) of snow could accumulate in large parts of Spain and the build-up could reach up to 50 centimeters in mountainous areas.
The storm was expected to weaken and move northeast by Sunday, the agency said.
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