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Requena Mobilizes for Forecast Snow, Urges Weeklong Supplies and Salts Key Access Roads

An Aemet warning of early‑week snowfall prompted a coordination meeting to protect access to essential services.

Overview

  • Town officials held a coordination session led by Mayor Mario Sánchez González with police, civil protection, municipal crews and water utility Aqlara to activate the local emergency plan.
  • Snowfall is forecast for the night of January 4–5, with the lowest temperatures expected on Tuesday and Wednesday, when Aemet projects lows near minus four degrees Celsius.
  • Snow removal will prioritize main arteries and routes to the health center, hospital, care residence, neighborhoods and outlying villages to reduce isolation risk.
  • The municipality began preventive salting on vulnerable approaches to Las Nogueras, Villar de Olmos and La Cañada and advised drivers to carry chains or other safety equipment.
  • Residents were asked to stock food, fuel, medicines and batteries for a week, prepare first‑aid kits, check roofs, doors and windows, ready backup heating or camping stoves in rural areas, and alert health services if they require planned medical transfers.