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It Shut Down the Madrid Airport…

Cars are blocked on the snow as people walk past along the M-30 road during heavy snowfall on January 09, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. — Cars are blocked on the snow as people walk past along the M-30 road during heavy snowfall on January 09, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez (Getty Images)

In the capital, Madrid, Filomena forced the closure of the Barajas Airport because of the ice and snow on the runway. The last plane to leave the airport was the one transporting the Real Madrid soccer team, which was traveling to Pamplona in northern Spain to play against Osasuna. On Saturday, the airport said it had rerouted 17 planes to other airports, affecting about 2,900 passengers. The conditions left dozens of people stranded at the airport since Friday, some of which had to sleep on the floor and complained that they weren’t given hardly anything to eat.

As of Sunday, the airport had reopened for departures, with Spanish officials saying that the complete reopening would take place gradually.

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