Weather

A POPULAR younger forecaster who makes use of an old style means of predicting the climate has steered that Spain’s scorching summer season is ending quickly. Jorge Rey from Burgos has made a reputation for himself producing brief weekly movies utilizing the standard technique known as cabañuelas to supply a forecast. Cabañuelas is a prediction system historically utilized by farmers …

Hurricane Ernesto Sparks Severe Weather in Ireland Image: Shutterstock/ Andrzej Golik A Status Yellow wind and rain warning has been issued for Galway and Mayo as the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto move towards the west coast of Ireland. Met Éireann has warned that unseasonably strong and gusty winds from the south to southwest will coincide with high tides and heavy …

Woman flees wildfire in southern France. Credit: Menor Rondon. X. Two wildfires raging through southern France have forced authorities to evacuate thousands of holidaymakers from campsites and tourist hotspots as strong winds sent the flames blazing through rural areas.  Around 3,000 holidaymakers fled campsites close to the coastal town of Canet-en-Roussillon, near Perpignan. Dozens of others also had to abandon …

ANDALUCIA has been sweltering below an August heatwave, with temperatures hovering above 40C in 34 completely different components of the area this weekend. However the thermometer peaked within the city of Alora, Malaga, with a scorching 43.1C, adopted intently by Ecija at 42.4C and La Puebla de los Infantes. Different cities experiencing excessive warmth included La Puebla de los Infantes …

AN orange-level alert for excessive warmth has been issued for almost all of Malaga province right now. In line with state climate company AEMET, temperatures will attain as much as 39C in most areas – and will attain 40C regionally. The affected cities embody Marbella, Estepona, Ronda and the entire coast up till Velez-Malaga. The warning is in place from …

MOBILE cellphone customers throughout Andalucia had been final evening despatched an alert for excessive temperatures as we speak. The warning was despatched by state climate company Aemet, warning of warmth of a ‘extreme’ nature in Sevilla, Cadiz, Jaen and Cordoba. All 4 areas are on a yellow-level warning for warmth as we speak, with the mercury to succeed in 40C …

THIS is the dramatic second police in Spain launched a rescue operation amid freak summer time floods within the Balearic Islands. Movies shared by the Guardia Civil present helicopters flying above a big space of flooded land on the island of Menorca on Thursday. It got here after a so-called DANA climate entrance introduced extreme storms and rainfall, inflicting rivers …

Floods have occurred throughout Spain in the first half of August Credit: Shutterstock After a tumultuous July filled with heatwaves, Spain is now seeing the complete opposite in many regions. Known for its hot sun and clear skies, Spain has dramatically turned from 40-degree heat to storms and floods in less than 24 hours after a cold front swept across the …

AEMET releases severe weather warning of rainfall and storms Credit: Shutterstock AEMET, the State Meteorological Agency, have released a severe weather forecast across eastern Spain. AEMET previously released a weather warning starting on August 13 Heavy rainfall, hail and thunderstorms, are forecast to occur across the eastern parts of the Peninsular and the Balearic Islands through at least August 16, …

A wildfire in Greece is spreading “like lightning,” reported a fire brigade spokesperson Vassilis Vathrakogiannis; families in and out of Athens continue evacuating their homes.  Fire in Greece spreads “like lightning” More than 400 firefighters aided by 16 waterbombing planes and 13 helicopters fought the fire which broke out in Greece on Sunday, August 10, at approximately 3pm. Fuelled by …