Storm Arwen some highway closures and left truck drivers on Sunday (November 28) as heavy snowfall has been hitting northern Spain over the weekend.
The utmost degree of alert for snowfall has been activated within the Basque Nation, Navarra and Cantabria areas, Spanish state meteorological company (AEMET) mentioned.
In keeping with Spain’s site visitors route (DGT), 139 roads throughout northern Spain had been affected by Sunday’s chilly entrance, resulting in some closures such because the Opakua freeway within the Basque Nation.
Some truck drivers had been stranded for no less than 15 hours at a service station close to the A1 freeway that connects northern cities of Vitoria and Pamplona as circulation of heavy vehicles was forbidden as a result of snow.
Spain’s transport minister mentioned on Saturday (November 27) 847 snow ploughs had been activated and 156,525 tons of sodium chloride and sea salt had been able to battle the snowfall in roads and highways.
Elsewhere in northern Spain, the chilly entrance has introduced an early begin to the snowboarding season as individuals had been seen snowboarding by the at the moment closed ski resort of Valdezcaray in La Rioja on Wednesday (November 24).