• Direct Last minute on the storm Filomena

  • Temporary. Without water and without heating due to the snowfall in Madrid: "There are no shops or supermarkets and we cannot go out for water"

The storm has forced the

Barajas

airport to be closed

, to cancel

rail traffic

in the Community of Madrid and to suspend classes on Monday and Tuesday in

Madrid

and

Castilla-La Mancha

.

The closure of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport will last until 11:00 p.m. this Saturday, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior.

The airport has paralyzed its operations due to the forecast of snow for the next few hours, which affects the visibility and the condition of the platform and the runways of the facilities.

Aena maintains the strict protocols for cleaning runways due to snow and ice at the

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport

.

Faced with the forecast that the snowfall caused by the storm

Filomena will continue

for the next few hours and to guarantee safety, the

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport

has suspended its scheduled operations for all of Saturday the 9th;

and the diversion protocol to other airports in the network is activated.

Various monitoring committees made up of

Aena

, Enaire, local, regional and state authorities, Security Forces and Bodies, airlines and commercial suppliers meet constantly to assess the situation.

Since Thursday, the airport manager has also reinforced supplies at the airport to serve passengers who have not been able to fly and who are in the terminals, as well as workers from both Aena and auxiliary companies.

Due to the storm, all

railway traffic

with origin and destination in

Madrid

(suburban, medium distance, long distance, high speed and goods)

has also been suspended

.

The

Madrid Metro

is the only means of transport that is available to leave the airport facilities and to move around the capital.

Numerous vehicles have been trapped on the main roads, the

Cercanías

service

has been suspended in the center of

Madrid

and the

Barajas

airport

has paralyzed its activity.

In addition, in different municipalities of the Community trees and branches have fallen, preventing passage on foot.

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