Overview
- Regional emergency services in Galicia logged roughly 400–427 incidents as high winds and snow forced traffic bans that left about 440 trucks waiting outside the region on key A-6 and A-52 approaches.
- Vigo’s port authority measured gusts up to 117 km/h and a buoy recorded waves above 13 meters, prompting suspension of ría ferries and sending multiple vessels to shelter, with operators signaling a staged restart on Saturday.
- Ourense activated the Plan Invernal with 22 snowploughs, about 4,400 tonnes of salt and 110,000 liters of brine, as stretches of the A-52 and other routes saw severe restrictions, rail services faced delays at Taboadela and Lugo, and classes were suspended in affected areas.
- In the Sierra de Madrid, AEMET snow alerts coincided with Cercanías suspending the substitute bus link between Cercedilla and Los Cotos through at least January 24 while C-9 renovation work continues.
- Beyond Spain, a hailstorm in Greater Mendoza triggered 49 civil defense callouts and briefly halted a football match, and Mexico’s government said the CFE will issue a contingency bulletin for an incoming northern winter front.