At least 10 victims in Spain because of Storm Gloria

A powerful winter storm in Spain has killed at least 10 people after battering the country for days, destroying bridges, cutting off roads and railway lines and flooding vast swaths of farmland.

Even as the storm moved north, triggering weather alerts for parts of France, tens of thousands of people across the country were still recovering on Thursday from driving rains and pounding waves that wreaked havoc in coastal towns and villages.

Further inland, residents began the process of digging themselves out after heavy snowfalls that left villages cut off from assistance.

Storm Gloria aftermath
View of the strong current of river Ter in La Cellera de Ter, Girona, Spain, 23 January 2020, after three days of heavy rain due to storm Gloria. EPA-EFE/David Borrat

Since last weekend, the eastern coast of Spain has been regularly hit by winds that reached over 160 miles per hour, the strongest in the country since 1992, according to the Spanish weather service.

Read more via New York Times

Discover more from The Dispatch

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

Verified by MonsterInsights