The Balearic Islands are enduring significant disruption due to severe storms causing flight cancellations and delays at local airports. Palma de Mallorca Airport experienced at least eighteen flight cancellations, over two hundred delays, and thirteen flights diverted as adverse weather impacted operations. Ibiza Airport also reported issues, with twelve flights cancelled, while Menorca Airport currently has no reported delays or cancellations.
An orange weather alert for rain remains active across the Balearics. and has led to at least forty-eight reported incidents on Mallorca alone, primarily due to flooding, fallen trees, and landslides. Palma is the most affected municipality with twenty-four reports, followed by Calvià with nine and both Algaida and Andratx with three each.
In Catalonia, the emergency services have received over two hundred calls related to rainfall incidents, particularly in the Tarragonès and Baix Penedès regions. Heavy rainfall and storms overnight caused powerful downpours, with wind gusts reaching up to ninety kilometres per hour affecting the area.
The weather service has indicated that while the alert for rain in Catalonia is currently yellow, the orange alert in the Balearics will persist into Wednesday as the region continues to face challenges from the ongoing storms.
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