A total of 15 of the secondary roads remain closed to traffic because of rain, snow and landslides, according to the General Traffic Directorate (DGT).

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the province most affected due to these landslides, with three roadblocks: TF-136 TF-21 and TF-436, linking the city with the towns of Afure, Canadas del Teide and Masco respectively. In Lugo, the road LU-P-6502 is blocked for the same reason at kilometre 45 in both directions.

Meanwhile, rain has forced the closure of three secondary road networks in the Cadiz province linking Jerez de la Frontera and Jimena de la Frontera. Other closures are in place in the provinces of Ciudad Real, Granada and Las Palmas.

As for the mountain areas, a total of four ports are closed: Lunada, Estacas de Trueba and Fuente del Chivo in Cantabria, as well as Puerto Lunada in Burgos. It is obligatory to use strings in other ports of the regions of Asturias, León and Cantabria.

The Cantabrian coast and the Galician coast on orange alert

The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) are warning of an episode of bad weather with high winds and rough seas and have raised the alert to orange today for the Galician coast and the Cantabrian coast. Specifically, in Lugo and in the far north of La Coruña, very strong winds are expected with very rough seas.

In all areas the sea will swell from the west-northwest of up to seven metres, while the combined sea may reach eight to nine metres in the north.

Finally, the yellow wind and snow alerts remain in place in the Community of Madrid, with an accumulation of two inches of snow in the mountains and winds up to 80 kilometers per hour. The gusts also activated the yellow alert in Albacete, Cuenca and Guadalajara, as well as in Valencia, Teruel, Zaragoza, Lleida and Tarragona.