Severe weather / Spain: Further flooding – eight people still missing

• The east of Spain and southern France have been violent in the past few days severe weather met.
• There are numerous fatalities and missing people, including tourists.
• Extreme waves hit the holiday island of Mallorca. One person died on the holiday island, two in Ibiza.

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Update January 24, 2020, 9.07 p.m .: The calm after Storm is not quite in Spain, As well on Thursday held the winter storm “Gloria“Still breathing parts of the Iberian Peninsula. Especially in Girona in northern Spain, countless streets were covered in the afternoon water set as the Flow The overflowed its banks like wetter.de reported.

Also the Pyrenees that was on the Spanish-French border winter storm exposed. The Snow line sank there up to 500 meters and it fell up to one meter snow, A spokeswoman for the beach authority in Barcelona said that Gloria the hardest Storm had been in the area for over 15 years.

The number of fatality is now 13, according to the authorities, but could increase in the coming days because eight more people are still missing.

Spanish storm: number of deaths increases – Ibiza tourist is missing – gloomy weather forecast

Update January 24, 2020: After this Winter storm “Gloria” in Spain is the number of Fatalities to at least eleven gone up. Two other casualties were recovered in Catalonia in northeastern Spain on Thursday, civil protection said. Four other people were also missing. They included a 25-year-old Briton who had visited a beach in the north of the holiday island of Ibiza.

In Catalonia, a 50-year-old man died on Thursday who had fished on the rocky coast of Ametlla de Mar, according to the civil defense on Twitter. The body of another man was discovered in a car in Cabacés.

According to a study published by the research group in October Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC), which includes more than 600 scientists, could cause weather events with heavy rains in southeastern Spain due to the climate change increase by ten to 20 percent.

Spanish storm: “Absolute catastrophe”: onlookers dead – extreme foam in the streets

Update 7.46 p.m .: At least 13 people died as a result of the storm lows “Gloria”, the in Spain left great damage. Swept because of the weekend cold front violent winch, there were gigantic waves, as well as a lot of rain and snow. Especially the east and the northeast of Spain were affected by the storms.

Numerous rivers and streams – especially in the region Catalonia – performed on Thursday Farther flood, sometimes strong floods, Several people reported missing from their relatives. The newspaper “ABC” spoke of one “Absolute disaster”.

Although the weather has now calmed down in most parts of the country, the situation on Thursday afternoon, especially in Girona, was still tense just under a hundred kilometers northeast of the Catalan capital Barcelona. Countless roads were flooded there because the Ter River overflowed. There were also major problems with drinking water. Due to a defect caused by the storm, several urban areas are without any supplies, said Mayor Marta Madrenas.

The water masses destroyed several bridges, roads were temporarily closed. Classes were canceled for many students. How large the total damage is is still unclear.

Storm sweeps across Spain: four more dead recovered

The number of fatality rose from nine on Thursday 13, The four added Kill were all in Catalonia recovered. A fisherman in the coastal community of Calafat was surprised by a huge wave and was killed, media reported, citing the police. The bodies of two men were discovered in the municipalities of Cabacés and Jorba, whose cars had probably been swept away by the water. A suspected drowned woman was found dead on the beach in El Prat de Llobregat near Barcelona.

After storm storm “Gloria”: catastrophic conditions in the seaside resort Tossa de Mar.

Update 12.55 p.m .: Out Málaga The Spanish weather service reported a massive hailstorm. In alcañiz in the Province of Teruel dozens of people had to leave their homes and be brought to safety because of a landslide. Also in Tordera at Barcelona As a precaution, numerous residential buildings were evacuated due to the risk of flooding. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wanted to get an idea of ​​the extent of the destruction on Thursday in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.

An unusual picture came up because of “Gloria” in the Tossa de Mar seaside resort and other communities on the Costa Brava: there was sea foam in the streets meters high because the ocean had been blown up so violently by the storm. The newspaper “ABC” spoke of an “absolute catastrophe”. In most parts of the country the weather has calmed down.