Big freeze grips Britain while Spain thaws out

AS ARCTIC conditions swept into Britain last week, parts of Spain also witnessed plummeting temperatures, with cities Burgos and Soria reporting temperatures as low as 3°.

Over the weekend of January 16 and 17 snowfall was reported in Spain´s northern provinces and in the southeast of the country, while parts of the Pyrenees and the Balearic Islands also experienced 90km/h winds. Spain´s national weather service, Aemet, warned that heavy waves would hit the island of Menorca and the Mediterranean coast. 

Over the coming week, Spain´s chilly temperatures are set to rise slightly, but Britons face another week of severe weather warnings and dangerous driving conditions in sub-zero temperatures, as a weeks´ worth of heavy snowfall hardens to ice.