15 Aug, 2024 @ 15:58
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Watch: Chaos in Spain as ‘dangerous’ storms turn streets into rivers and carry cars away – while tourists run for cover and hotels flood with water

SEVERE storms and rain are wreaking havoc in Mallorca during the height of the summer season.

Videos shared online show roads completely flooded with cars being carried away.

Another video appeared to show the floors of a hotel in Mallorca being completely flooded, with workers wading through the water.

Spain had issued a red weather alert for Mallorca on Thursday due to the severe storms and rainfall.

A so-called DANA weather front is passing over the Balearic Islands after leaving storms and heavy rain in the north-east of the mainland earlier this week.

The red alert by Aemet is the highest warning level possible and means there is a serious risk to life.

It said the affected areas could see up to 180mm of rain fall over just a few hours.

The red alert is in force for the north and north east of Mallorca, including Arta, Pollenca and Sa Pobla.

Meanwhile the rest of the entire island is on orange-level alert for the same freak weather.

The entirety of Ibiza is also on an orange alert for storms and rain.

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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