After the devastating flood disaster in Spain, the death toll has risen to at least 205. Many people are missing, thousands of volunteers are helping with the clean-up work. Now the people of the Balearic Islands are shaking from the flood. Mallorca’s capital Palma has already sent residents into lockdown…
While clean-up operations are underway in and around Valencia, the weather phenomenon responsible for the storms has continued to spread.
The Balearic Islands expected heavy storms on the popular tourist islands of Mallorca and Menorca on Friday evening. The people there are now struggling with extreme flooding.
The Serra d’Alfàbia in the northwest of the island was the hardest hit: 113 liters per square meter fell there during the day on Friday. It also rained heavily in Llucmajor, near Cap Blanc, with 77 liters per square meter.
In Pollença in the north it was 53.8 liters, while in the port of Palma almost 50 liters were measured. 36 liters fell in the airport area and 35 liters in Sóller. Compared to Valencia, where more than 300 liters fell – more rain fell in one day than normal in a whole year – this is less, but the situation remains serious, reports ‘Bild’.
Images and videos on social networks show the extent of the flooding.
Parks, cemeteries and playgrounds closed
There were initial delays at Palma de Mallorca airport. Outdoor activities are discouraged in Palma and driving should also be avoided. In addition, the city of Palma has decided to close all cemeteries, parks and playgrounds until Monday (November 4).
Severe weather warnings were also in force for parts of Andalusia in southern Spain, with the highest red warning level even declared for Huelva in the far south-west of the region.
Family saved from flood
According to the “Mallorca Zeitung”, the situation on the island was particularly critical at the Ratxó stream (about 20 kilometers northwest of Palma in the Reserva d’es Galatxó Natural Park). Day trippers were surprised by the masses of water there around 1.45 pm on Friday. Four women found shelter in a closed hotel complex and were rescued.
Source: Krone
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