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The State Meteorological Agency warned on Thursday of the severity of the storm and we have already launched the deployment of all our operational capabilities. Despite everything, the number of incidents is limited, although we must regret 3 deaths," reported the minister . of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska at a press conference to update data on the effects of Storm Filomena. "We continue working to provide the most appropriate response to such an exceptional and extraordinary situation. Difficult hours lie ahead and we must ask the population to take extreme precautions ," he warned. The Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, José Luis Ábalos , also present, stressed that this is an exceptional situation that has exceeded the most pessimistic forecasts. "The situation is serious and we cannot ignore it," he warns.
The ministers have indicated that there was foresight and this situation had been planned to guarantee the supply of products. Despite this, they remember, a special effort is required since the most affected sector has been land transportation of goods. " Hundreds of transporters have been forced to wait for hours for the weather conditions Europe Cell Phone Number List to improve , but it has been in centers prepared for it," said Marlaska. The Government insists on postponing road travel and, if unavoidable, adopting the measures agreed upon by the authorities and following the recommendations of the experts, in addition to keeping the left lane free for aid services." Let's hope that normality returns in the shortest possible time, but it will be conditioned by weather conditions . A historic storm The center of the Peninsula is on red alert due to storm Filomena, which has already left images for history.
The images and videos of the storm Filomena, which caused a historic snowfall in Madrid The storm has forced all transportation to stop due to the danger of this meteorological phenomenon that has left hundreds of citizens trapped on the roads and the Military Emergency Unit has tried throughout the night to rescue thousands of drivers trapped in the A- 5, A-4 and A-3. "The authorities have intervened to rescue drivers trapped in the snow, especially in Madrid, where there are almost 1,500 rescued. 70% of the affected vehicles are now unoccupied and the rest are now being helped by the UME and the Civil Guard" , says Marlaska. Helping people trapped on the roads is now the main objective, according to Ábalos. In addition, the bus service does not operate in Madrid, the Barajas airport will remain closed throughout the day today and the train service has also had to be suspended, both for Cercanías services and for high-speed trains.