A man puts snow chains on his car during a heavy snowfall in Barcelona Photo: AFP/GETTY
Barcelona hit with heaviest snowfall in 25 years
Schools were closed, roads were blocked and power was knocked as Barcelona was hit with its heaviest snowfall in 25 years.
Published: 8:19PM GMT 08 Mar 2010
Snowfalls of up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) were forecast for the worst affected areas of the region of Catalonia, prompting the regional government to cancel classes for more than 142,000 students at 476 public schools.
Power was lost in homes throughout the region, with energy company Fecsa-Endesa reporting 200,000 clients without electricity, mostly in the province of Girona.
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