MADRID — Strong winds and heavy rains slammed Spain on its Mediterranean coast on Sunday, together with the touristic Balearic archipelago, inflicting critical injury and flight disruptions.
Gusts of as much as 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour), downpours and hail hit the Balearic islands in addition to Catalonia and Valencia on mainland Spain, which had been all below a high-risk warning by the nationwide meteorological company Aemet.
Local authorities reported a number of folks had been injured, in line with the Spanish press.
Fallen bushes and flooded streets had been additionally reported throughout the area.
The wind broke the moorings of a 330-meter (1,080 toes) cruise ship stationed in Palma, on the island of Mallorca, and drove it right into a moored oil tanker, injuring six folks, the Balearic islands port authority mentioned.
Spanish airport operator Aena mentioned 24 flights had been cancelled and 29 had been diverted to and from the islands.
Aemet has prolonged the climate warning till Monday for a small portion of the archipelago and Catalonia.
The threat is predicted to lower by Tuesday.
The storm got here with a drop in temperatures, which follows Spain’s fourth heatwave this summer time that had ended Thursday. — Agence France-Presse
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
