28 Oct, 2024 @ 16:45
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Watch: Dramatic flooding in Mallorca as cars are submerged in water and town is ‘cut in half’

SEVERE flooding has struck parts of Mallorca following a night of heavy rainfall.

It comes as much of eastern and southern Spain are suffering extreme weather for the first half of this week.

The conditions are being caused by a so-called DANA, a high area of isolated depression that brings heavy rainfall and a drop in temperatures.

Residents in Mallorca’s Porto Cristo woke up to dramatic scenes on Monday following a night of deluge.

Severe flooding in the port saw cars submerged in water while restaurants had their tables, chairs and parasols washed away.

Residents said the town was ‘cut in half’ after a bridge connecting both sides of the port became submerged in flood water.

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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