Spain’s Galicia region on red alert for giant waves and gale-force winds
Around 140,000 people are experiencing trouble with electricity supply as wild weather hits
A low-pressure system over the Atlantic has brought driving rain, gale-force winds and giant waves to Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The entire region is on red alert for extremely adverse weather conditions.
As high tides ravaged the coastline, swells of over 11 meters were seen on Thursday afternoon in Cape Vilán, along a stretch of land known graphically as Costa da Morte (the Coast of Death).
In the city of A Coruña, 180km/h winds ripped off parts of the roofing over Riazor soccer stadium, where a Friday evening match between Deportivo and Betis will likely be cancelled, the regional newspaper La Voz de Galicia reported.
Trains were delayed across the region, with the route between Pontevedra and Ourense shut down completely.
Over 140,000 people were having problems with their electricity supply on Friday morning, according to the regional daily.
Mountain areas such as O Cebreiro, at an elevation of 1,300 meters, were completely covered in snow.
English version by Susana Urra.
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