(CNN) The Spanish government will send convoys carrying the Covid-19 vaccine and food supplies on Sunday to areas cut off by Storm Filomena which brought the heaviest snowfall in decades across central Spain and killed four people. In the Madrid area, rescuers reached 1,500 people trapped in cars, while police broke up a large snowball fight after authorities appealed for citizens to stay at home for risk of accidents or spreading coronavirus. Members of the military walk through snow in downtown Madrid, Spain, Sunday, January 10. The statue of King Philip III of Spain created in 1616 by Jean Boulogne and Pietro Tacca is covered with snow at Plaza Mayor amid a heavy snowfall in Madrid on January 9, 2021. About 100 workers and shoppers have spent two nights sleeping at a shopping center in Majadahonda, a town north of Madrid, after they were trapped by the blizzard on Friday.

Source: CNN January 10, 2021 12:11 UTC