2023-08-28 08:10:58
Gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour (75 miles per hour), downpours and hail hit the Balearic islands as well as Catalonia and Valencia on mainland Spain, which were all under a high-risk warning by the national meteorological agency Aemet.
That the weather in Majorca has gotten a bit bad. #CalaMajor pic.twitter.com/feVWgFajGY
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Local authorities reported several people were injured, according to the Spanish press.
A blowout, the best I’ve seen, look at the end of the video, the cloud falls, incredible. ???? #Mallorca #Baleares #storms #storm pic.twitter.com/tw0LH2CkwA
— FernandoMadrid. (@FernandoMadridd) August 27, 2023
Thousands of people in the Balearics have been left without electricity.
Fallen trees and flooded streets were also reported across the region.
The one that fell this morning in the Maresme has left some pedestrian tracks like this one in Premià de Mar that can be seen in the video that a friend sent me @meteocat @meteomarccm pic.twitter.com/GvWkb5myDd
— JoseManuelLopez ???? (@josemapezgon) August 27, 2023
The wind broke the moorings of a 330-metre (1,080 feet) cruise ship stationed in Palma, on the island of Mallorca, and drove it into a moored oil tanker, injuring six people, the Balearic islands port authority said.
#Mallorca #Spain moment in which the #crusero moved by strong winds pic.twitter.com/y81dee6Vwr
— People on camera (@Peopleoncameras) August 27, 2023
Spanish airport operator Aena said 24 flights were cancelled and 29 were diverted to and from the islands. Up to 100 flights to and from the Balearics were reported affected on Monday.
A most destructive thunderstorm has hit today the #Spanish Island of #Mallorca.#SevereWeather #Mallorca #Spain #strongwind #thunderstorm #weatheralert #weatheradvisory #latestupdate #Breaking #storm #Damage #incidents pic.twitter.com/LKfOhHY4Dk
— mishikasingh (@mishika_singh) August 27, 2023
Aemet has extended the weather warning until Monday for a small portion of the archipelago and Catalonia.
The storm hit Portals very hard, in #Calvià
A sailboat has broken and hit the rocks.#Mallorca #storm #Balearic #storm #Weather #TropicalStorm #Palma
pic.twitter.com/xBNtPKzhDf— Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez) August 27, 2023
The risk is expected to decrease by Tuesday.
The storm came with a drop in temperatures, which follows Spain’s fourth heatwave this summer that had ended Thursday.
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