After the week of severe weather across northern Europe, it was southern Europe’s turn earlier today and in particular Spain’s Balearic Islands.
Storms brought strong winds of around 110kmh, as well as heavy rainfall. There have also been reports of a tornado, although no damage has been reported as a result of the tornado, which seems to have been more of a side show to the winds and rain.
The worst affected area was Mallorca. In Galilea, there was over 6.5cm of rainfall in just 35 minutes. In Port d’Andratx there was over 5cm in just 15 minutes. Ibiza also suffered, and 2.5cm of rain was recorded in just 20 minutes in Santa Eulàriaa. In Mallorca alone, the heavy rain caused 83 incidents of flooding of private property and a further 30 other incidents of flooding on public roads. Nearly 500 calls to Mallorca’s emergency services were made in just 3 hours. Emergency services attended to as many as 189 incidents, most of which were the result of flooding or wind damage.
Other parts of Spain were on severe weather alerts as of late yesterday, including Murcia and Alicante. Heavy rainfall was expected in eastern Catalonia.
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Source and Photos: Diario de Mallorca
Northern Europe
The “St. Jude” storm and area of intense low pressure that has swept across much of northern Europe resulted in huge amounts of damage caused by the strong winds, but hasn’t yet brought the massive amounts of rainfall predicted by much of the media, particularly in the UK.
Currently there are 22 flood alerts in England and Wales. Flood Alert is the lowest of UK’s 3 flood warning grades. There are currently no flood warnings for Germany despite the storm passing over the country in the last few days.
The area of intense pressure in northern Europe has now moved eastwards, and is currently affecting weather systems in the Baltic States, Finland and parts of Russia.
