Army called in to rescue about 600 Spanish motorists stuck in snow
By Reuters
January 20, 2024 at 1:00:09 PM
View of Almenar castle amid snowfall in Soria, Spain January 19, 2024 in this picture obtained from social media.
MADRID (Reuters) - Army units were mobilised to help about 600 drivers who were stuck on a motorway in heavy snow as Storm Juan blanketed many parts of Spain, authorities said on Friday.
Snowfalls left motorists stranded for hours on the N-122 road between Soria and Agreda in northern Spain so authorites said they had dispatched troops from a base in Zaragoza to help move the drivers.
Miguel Ãngel Clavero, of the civil protection force, said on Friday that in Aragon in eastern Spain a number of roads were left unpassable by the snowfall and Zaragoza airport was closed.
Temperatures plunged to minus 13 Celsius (8.6 Fahrenheit) in Soria, AEMET, the state weather forecaster, said on Friday.
Heavy rains fell in the western region of Extremadura and in Catalonia in northeastern Spain, Aemet added.
The storm was expected to pass by Saturday, forecasters said.
(Reporting by Graham Keeley; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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