Category Cold Alert

First snow of 2020 falls on Taiwan’s mountains

As a cold continental air mass blasts into Taiwan, snow has been spotted falling on Taiwan’s Xueshan and Hehuanshan this morning (Jan. 13), with the latter already seeing 10 centimeters. Due to the effects of the continental air mass, the…

Madrid Paralysed’ by Heavy Snow Storms as Roads shut and Madrid Airport forced to Suspend Operations

Madrid Paralysed’ by Heavy Snow Storms as Roads shut and Madrid Airport forced to Suspend Operations. The very heavy snow fall that was forecast by AEMET, the Spanish meteorological service, has tonight struck Spain’s capital Madrid. Storm Filomena has kept…

Spain records lowest temperature ever at -34C coupled with heavy snow

Heavy snow and icy winds blasted Spain as temperatures plumetted to -34.1C, the lowest ever recorded on the Iberian peninsula, the State Meterololgical Agency said on Wednesday. The chilling temperature was recorded at Clot del Tuc de la Llanca in…