Storm Gloria kills at least 3 people in Spain
Image by AEMET
At least three people have died in Spain since a violent snowstorm first started to batter the country on Sunday.
Storm Gloria has primarily hit the eastern shores of the country as well as the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean.
Several provinces, including three in Catalonia, remain on high alert on Tuesday with the meteorological agency, AEMET, warning that waves could reach seven metres in Barcelona and on the litoral near Girona. On Monday, waves of more than 14 metres were recorded on the Majorcan islet of Dragonera.
More of #Gloria storm effects in #Mallorca. This one was taken by my brother in law, while visiting some tenants in a small house we have rented. Very scary too! pic.twitter.com/DFoSzwEX7T
— Sion Fullana (@SionFullana) January 21, 2020
Sadly there are a lot of boats damaged in @PortDePollensa at the hands of #stormgloria pic.twitter.com/nn4lIKybDI
— Karen Dempster (@KarenD72) January 21, 2020
The agency also warned of "persistent and locally strong rainfall" of up to 150 mm in some areas as well as "copious snowfall" from as low as 300 metres. It estimates that in some places in Aragon, Catalonia, Murcia and Valencia between 20 and 40 cm of snow will accumulate on Tuesday while "very strong" wind gusts could exceed 100 km/h.
The storm, which is expected to recede on Wednesday, has killed at least three people including a homeless woman in Gandia, Valencia. A man also lost his life in a village some 130 km west of Madrid after being hit by a tile, while another was killed in the northwestern region of Asturias when a vehicle collided with him as he was putting snow chains on his tyres.
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— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) January 20, 2020
Actualización del #AvisoEspecial por el #TemporalInvernal de levante que provoca🌬️🌧️🌨️🌊en el tercio oriental peninsular y #Baleareshttps://t.co/1nKaEUlV84
👁️ a las actualizaciones de nuestras predicciones y avisos y a las recomendaciones de @proteccioncivil pic.twitter.com/415vWbbA9O
The rain and winds have also severely disrupted travel with access to more than a hundred roads cut or restricted. The ports of Valencia and Gandia were forced to close on Monday due to the adverse conditions as was the Alicante airport, the latter of which announced on Tuesday morning that operations had gradually resumed.
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The French Pyrenees have also been impacted with the Meteo France meteorological agency putting the Pyrénées Orientales department on amber alert, flagging the risk of heavy rainfall and snow.
"STORM GLORIA" BRINGS HEAVY SNOW TO SPAIN, KILLING AT LEAST 3
— Electroverse (@Electroversenet) January 21, 2020
Open your eyes, not a copy of The Guardian — prepare for the coming COLD.#GrandSolarMinimumhttps://t.co/cKg4ryAkKx
Road travel is being curtailed with buses and trucks banned from the roads in some areas while the A9 motorway, which links France to Spain, has been partially closed.
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