21 Jan, 2020 @ 20:45
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IN VIDEOS: MONSTER waves engulf entire apartment blocks as Storm Gloria batters Spain’s Mallorca

Mallorca Wave

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THIS is the terrifying moment a monster wave seemed to engulf apartment buildings on Mallorca’s coast earlier today. 

The footage, believed to have been taken in Porto Colom, shows the water splash up and cover the buildings before also hitting the person making the recording. 

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Another video shows a mammoth wave hit the seafront before crashing down on a car parked a fair distance away. 

A local commenting on the clips declared that ‘nowhere is safe’ as a third video shows streets awash with sea water. 

https://www.facebook.com/javi.mesquidagomez/videos/pcb.1893444097465833/2573830536059279/?type=3&theater

Mallorca remains on orange and yellow alerts for dangerous sea conditions today as a result of Storm Gloria, which has been wreaking havoc across eastern Spain over the past few days.

The island will remain on a yellow warning for the entirety of tomorrow before the weather begins to calm down on Thursday.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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