{"id":259873,"date":"2025-07-12T20:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259873\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T20:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:50:19","slug":"spain-storm-warning-as-100mm-of-rain-fell-in-an-hour-submerging-tourist-hotspot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259873\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain storm warning as 100mm of rain fell in an hour submerging tourist hotspot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"publish_date\">12 July 2025, 20:29<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Floods in the Barcelona town of S\u00faria during the rainfall caused by the storm.\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"739271\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/739271\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Floods in the Barcelona town of S\u00faria during the rainfall caused by the storm.<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-floods-in-685668027.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Severe storm and hail warnings have been issued in Spain leaving cars submerged as tourist hotspots are plunged into chaos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has activated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/weather\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">weather warnings<\/a> for 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/world-news\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish<\/a> provinces, with eight as orange cautions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The weather agency has warned tourists and locals to brace for severe storms in Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza, Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona, and Castell\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">AEMET predicted 50 litres per square metre of rainfall in regions in Aragon and Catalonia, with potential for local flooding overflowing ravines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/weather\/uk-heatwave-weather-forecast-today\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland record hottest days of the year so far as third summer heatwave peaks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/world-news\/gaza-israel-deaths-aid-un\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>At least 789 people killed while receiving aid in Gaza, UN human rights office says<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Floods in the Barcelona town of S\u00faria during the rainfall caused by the storm in the province of Barcelona.\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"739273\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/739273\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Floods in the Barcelona town of S\u00faria during the rainfall caused by the storm in the province of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-floods-in-685669179.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Floods in the hospital of Villafranca del Pened\u00e9s during the rainfall.\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"739274\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/739274\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Floods in the hospital of Villafranca del Pened\u00e9s during the rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-floods-in-685675759.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The Ebro Riverbank in Tarazona, Zaragoza, fell under red alert on Friday with nearly 100mm of rainfall in just one hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The Military Emergency Unit (UME) deployed to towns in Zaragoza to help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">No casualties have been reported.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The AEMET has extended this morning the red alert to all Catalonia and has eliminated the one for Aragon after the heavy rains of last July 11.\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"739275\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/739275\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    The AEMET has extended this morning the red alert to all Catalonia and has eliminated the one for Aragon after the heavy rains of last July 11.<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-floods-in-685675737.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Floods in the hospital of Villafranca del Pened\u00e9s during the rainfall caused by the storm in the province of Barcelona.\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"739276\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/739276\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Floods in the hospital of Villafranca del Pened\u00e9s during the rainfall caused by the storm in the province of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-floods-in-685675736.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The storm is reportedly a DANA phenomenon, &#8220;Depresi\u00f3n Aislada en Niveles Altos,&#8221; which translates to &#8220;isolated depression at high altitudes&#8221;, or a &#8220;cold drop&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Warmer than usual Mediterranean air has been sucked high into the atmosphere after a cold system hits the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The temperature difference between the cold air and warm creates instability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">There is then a rapid uplift of moist, warm air and intense thunderstorms form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"12 July 2025, 20:29 Floods in the Barcelona town of S\u00faria during the rainfall caused by the 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