Almost a meter of snow has fallen in the Pyrenees, which has left almost 6,000 travelers stranded and blocked up to 40 different roads. These people located in the north eastern part of Spain were, for a long time, without power just earlier this week after they saw the heaviest snowfall they have seen in decades.

Barcelona was able to record the most amount of snow they have recorded since 1962, which caused road, rail and flight chaos. Joan Boada, Catalonia’s interior minister, said that the power cuts, which was caused by high tension on the power lines, was affecting the area around Girona. This is a place that is located about 60 miles north of Barcelona.

Spain’s border with France at La Junquera was closed, causing 30-mile traffic jams. Almost 170,000 kids had the day off of school due to school closings. Another 3,000 people had to be put up in a town hall overnight, and many others were stranded in their cars as railway lines and roads became impassable.

Tens of thousands more were unable to get home after snow fell at lunchtime, and many left their offices to photograph this very rare scene. One lady that lives in Barcelona said that she had never seen anything like it in her whole life.

Catalan regional president, Jose Montilla, toured the affected areas, admitting things would not get back to normal very quickly. Some of these things cannot be repaired in just a matter of hours. It is not known how long it will take some of these things to be fixed or just how long it will take for travel to go back to normal.