Trees damaged by heavy snowfall are seen on a shopping street in central Madrid, after a sub-zero blast hit the country. Photo: Bloomberg Trees damaged by heavy snowfall are seen on a shopping street in central Madrid, after a sub-zero blast hit the country. Photo: Bloomberg
Trees damaged by heavy snowfall are seen on a shopping street in central Madrid, after a sub-zero blast hit the country. Photo: Bloomberg
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Spain hit by record-breaking cold weather after worst snowstorm in decades

  • At least five people have died as temperatures in central and eastern Spain plummeted as low as minus 25.4 degrees Celsius
  • Madrid experienced its heaviest snowfall in 50 years, with water disruptions, damaged trees, and hundreds injured from slipping on ice

Topic |   Spain
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 9:03pm, 13 Jan, 2021

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Trees damaged by heavy snowfall are seen on a shopping street in central Madrid, after a sub-zero blast hit the country. Photo: Bloomberg Trees damaged by heavy snowfall are seen on a shopping street in central Madrid, after a sub-zero blast hit the country. Photo: Bloomberg
Trees damaged by heavy snowfall are seen on a shopping street in central Madrid, after a sub-zero blast hit the country. Photo: Bloomberg
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