30 provinces on alert as bad weather hits Spain
10:12, 9 March 2010
MADRID. March 9. KAZINFORM. A heavy snowfall hit Barcelona Monday as 30 provinces were put on alert ahead of another bout of wind rain and snow; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Snow fell at sea level in Barcelona as the Autonomous Community of Catalonia bore the brunt of the bad weather with over 60 roads affected.
Further south snow was falling at 400 meters altitude in Valencia region and the main motorway north out of Madrid towards Burgos, the N1, was also closed because of the weather.
In the far south of Spain, the region of Andalusia was placed on yellow alert because of high winds and waves in coastal regions, while it was raining heavily in the provinces of Granada, Almeria and Cadiz; Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.news.xinhuanet.com for full version.