Filomena Began Light, Then Promptly Blanketed Parts of the Country
Although Filomena initially began with light snow on Thursday, it blanketed many of Spain’s regions with snow on Friday, leading to serious disruptions on nearly 400 roads, the Associated Press reported. By Saturday, local news outlet ABC stated that 657 roads and ports had been affected by the storm, of which 133 had been blocked by the snow. In total, this affected at least 12,253 miles of road (19,720 kilometers) on Saturday.
Madrid received about 20 inches (50 centimeters) of snow between Friday and Saturday, the most since 1971, the state weather agency said. To date, it has been blamed for four deaths in the country.
