Your seven days news round-up in Mallorca
This week more rain, Valencia aid from the Balearics, seaplane flights coming soon, water conservation campaign and finally no more removal of liquids and electronic devies at the security check at Palma airport.
Mallorca remains on yellow alert for rain and storms on Friday
The showers will be more likley during the morning.
Storms left 826 lightning strikes in the Balearic Islands in 24 hours
In the specific case of Mallorca, some 200 were detected between 10am and 6pm.
Summer weather in the Balearics
Views of the beaches of Es Grau, Menorca, on Sunday, the first day of October, which is particularly hot for the season, with maximum temperatures that are practically summer-like, between 28 and 33ºC according to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in the Balearic Islands.
Official - October in Mallorca was "extremely warm"
The met agency's monthly report confirms what we all knew.
Coronavirus
Studying the temperature-coronavirus relationship
Regions with the highest average temperatures tend to have the lowest rates of infection.
Weather
Second hottest July on record
The historical maximum that is normally quoted was 44.2C in Muro in July 1994.
Weather
Summers are now five weeks longer
The hottest time of the year is now from around the eleventh of June to the twenty-second of September.
Sant Llorenç
Met agency annoyed by political statements
Aemet has been singled out with regard to the Sant Llorenç disaster. The agency's report suggests that the intensity of rain could not have been forecast exactly.
Sant Llorenç floods
Met agency investigation into weather warnings
Victims had died before the red alert was issued. High levels of preparation yesterday because of rain warnings.
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- Russian-owned Black Pearl in Mallorca
- Noel Gallagher sold his Ibiza home because of his neighbour - James Blunt
Comment
Flooding in Valencia triggers memories of Sant Llorenç
Despite the forecasts, many people in the Valencia region only received warnings when the rain had already begun and evacuation was not possible for many.
Richie Prior08/11/2024 15:35