Barcelona in chaos due to heavy snowfall

Barcelona in chaos due to heavy snowfall
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By h.b. - Mar 8, 2010 - 6:03 PM
4,000 lorries are stuck at the border at La Jonquera which remains closed

Snow in Belltall, Tarragona - EFE

An historic snowfall has brought chaos to Cataluña today, Monday, and a state of emergency has been declared in the region as snow accompanied by high winds continues. Civil Protection is on an emergency phase one alert.
The coast is affected by rough seas also.

More than 150 roads are closed including the AP-7 and the N-II, and there are 4,000 lorries trapped at the border crossing into France at La Jonquera.

All bus services in Barcelona have been suspended, and Barcelona University has been evacuated. It’s the heaviest snowfall in Barcelona since 1986 and some local trains have also been affected. The AVE high speed link to Madrid has, at the time of writing, not been affected.

The Germans Trias I Pujol hospital in Badalona is cut off and there are an estimated 200,000 people without power on the region according to Fecsa-Endesa.

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