Spain is once again experiencing severe bad weather. A storm which took place during the night from Thursday to Friday caused significant rainfall. They caused flooding in the town of Cadaqués, in the northeast of the country, in Catalonia, near the border with France.
It fell there in just a few hours up to 150 mm, or up to 150 liters per square meter. For comparison, at this time of year, it's the equivalent of three months of precipitation in Paris. In the city of Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), which is a few dozen kilometers away as the crow flies, this corresponds to more than two months of rain.
This accumulation is approximately three times lower than the 24-hour rainfall record recorded in the region. On October 13, 1986, 430 mm fell. But it was enough to take away dozens of cars.
As the newspaper El País points out, all these vehicles had been parked in a flood zone. According to firefighters, no people were injured.
Further rainfall is forecast this Friday. They should fade during the day and the weather warning should gradually be lifted.
These bad weather are part of a disturbed context in the western Mediterranean which has already caused significant rain in the south of France since Thursday. An orange alert was also triggered by Météo France mid-morning this Friday.
Spain is still healing the wounds of the historic floods suffered last week in the Valencia region and Catalonia. Nearly 220 people have died and several dozen remain missing.
