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Central Spain records temperatures of -25C after snowstorm
People in central Spain are struggling as a deep freeze follows the weekend's heavy snow, leading to treacherous conditions.
Officials have warned the elderly to stay at home.
At least seven people have died due to the weather - the two latest victims were homeless people in Barcelona.
The temperature plunged to -25C (-13F) in Molina de Aragón and Teruel, in mountains east of Madrid - Spain's coldest night for at least
20 years.
Deep snow left by Storm Filomena has turned to ice, disrupting transport. There has been an extraordinary quantity of snow and ice for Spain,
where winters are usually quite mild.
'Spanish Siberia'
Molina de Aragón, where the coldest overnight temperature was recorded, is 197km (122 miles) north-east of Madrid. It lived up to its
nickname, "the Spanish Siberia".
"We're going to have this cold for a few more days, but we all pull together," local woman Yoli Asensio told the BBC's Guy Hedgecoe.
"Day-to-day life is difficult," she added. "There's so much snow about, the access to homes and roads is blocked. Some older people have had
falls."
Mountain rescues
A 64-year-old diabetic man who needed insulin urgently was located by an emergency helicopter in a remote area of the Toledo region, south
of Madrid, after police were alerted. He was found struggling on crutches in the snow, and not suitably dressed for the freezing weather,
Spain's Efe news agency reported.
In Hervás, western Spain, an emergency call led rescuers to a 39-year-old woman who had slipped on the ice while on a mountain path,
with an ankle injury preventing her from walking.
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