Spain’s Worst Snowstorm in Decades Collapses Parts of the Country

… And Turned the City Into a Ghost Town for Cars

People walk on the snow along Calle de Segovia during heavy snowfall on January 09, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez (Getty Images)

Besides collapsing the country’s roads and closing down its main airport, Filomena also rendered the capital practically a ghost town for vehicles. Many were littered the streets, abandoned by their owners who couldn’t move them through the snow. This applied to city buses as well, which were left empty in different corners of the city.

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