22 Jan, 2020 @ 14:11
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IN PICS: Parts of Spain see ‘worst snow in 50 years’ as Storm Gloria kills EIGHT while others still missing in Mallorca and Ibiza

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Snow Teruel

YOU’D be forgiven for thinking these images were from Russia or Norway.

They are in fact from Tronchon in Teruel, a small town in the Aragon region in the east of Spain. 

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They have just experienced their worst snowfall in 50 years thanks to the deadly Storm Gloria, which has been wreaking havoc across the country. 

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The images, shared by the traffic help page N332 on Facebook, show streets filled with several feet worth of snow. 

Cars are encased while the roofs above homes also boast a thick layer of the white stuff. 

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Residents were pictured using ski equipment to make their way through the town, which was described as being ‘cut off’ yesterday. 

It comes as eight other regions were put on high alert by weather agency AEMET for snow, strong winds and dangerous coastal conditions. 

Storm Gloria has now killed a total of eight people while another four are missing. 

Two of the missing people are in Ibiza while another is in Soller, Mallorca. 

One person is missing in Palamos, Catalunya. 

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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