Agencies
Updated Friday, March 29, 2024-12:08
Weather Storm Nelson puts all of Spain on alert except Madrid
The snow storm affects circulation on
34 roads in the road network, three of them main
, so the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) recommends taking extreme precautions, especially in
Asturias
and
Castilla y León
, where the worst are found. conditions.
Of the main network,
the A-1 in Madrid at Somosierra
is passable with caution and also in Segovia that same road at
Santo Tomé del Puerto
, in addition to the AP-6 and the AP-61 in El Espinar.
In addition, several accidents
occurred in Madrid
exiting through the A-3 in Villarejo de Salvanés, in
Barcelona
also exiting through the AP-7 in Martorell and in Tarragona on the AP-7 in Vandellós towards Castellón.
The DGT recommends moderating the speed on these stretches of roads.
Madrid, on alert for snow
Storm Nelson keeps 37 Spanish provinces on alert due to rain, strong gusts of wind, snow, waves and storms, including
Madrid
due to snowfall.
Specifically, in
Andalusia
, the provinces of
Almería
,
Cádiz
and
Granada
have an alert for coastal phenomena and gusts of
wind
, which may be up to 70 kilometers per hour (70 km/h), and, in addition, in Cádiz the rain has activated the notices.
Córdoba
,
Málaga
and
Seville
have a warning for
rain
, and in the case of
Jaén
, for gusts of wind.
In
Huesca
, there is an orange alert for storms, and a warning for rain, snow and wind, while in
Teruel
and
Zaragoza
the storms have activated the yellow alert.
The coastal phenomena will put
Asturias
and
Cantabria
on important alert and alert , respectively, and in
Castilla y León
, the
snow
has activated the warnings in
Ávila, Burgos, Segovia and Soria
.
On the other hand, the
wind
will put Albacete and Ciudad Real on alert, the snow will do so in Guadalajara, and the rain in Toledo and Ciudad Real. Also on notice due to strong gusts of wind will be Girona and Lleida, the latter also due to snow.
In
Galicia
, A Coruña, Lugo and Pontevedra, coastal phenomena have activated a significant risk, with waves up to 8 meters high, and, while Madrid and
La Rioja
have a snowfall alert,
Murcia
has a warning for gusts of wind and waves.
The gusts of wind will also put Navarra
on alert
, along with rain and snowfall, and coastal phenomena have activated the orange alert in
Guipúzcoa
and
Vizcaya
.
Thus,
Valencia
and
Alicante
have a warning due to strong gusts of wind, and in the case of Alicante also due to coastal phenomena, while in Castellón the alert has been activated by the storm warning. Also in
Melilla
, the AEMET has activated the alert for coastal phenomena.
Finally, in the
Canary Islands
, there is a warning for rain and wind, and an important warning for waves in El Hierro and Tenerife; orange alert for waves and yellow alert for wind in Gran Canaria and La Palma; wave warning in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura; and warning for waves and gusts of wind in La Gomera.