Ten autonomous communities on alert for storms and high temperatures

Ten autonomous communities have weather warnings activated this Thursday, seven of them with orange level due to significant danger due to the forecast of strong storms, wind gusts of up to 55 kilometers per hour and temperatures that will reach 39 degrees.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued these orange warnings in the Balearic Islands, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, the Region of Murcia, La Rioja and the Valencian Community.

In the case of the Balearic archipelago, the north and northeast of Mallorca will foreseeably face a serious risk due to maximum temperatures of 39 degrees, which will be accompanied by strong or very strong gusts with winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour.

As for Ibiza and Formentera, coastal phenomena will also be recorded and a southwest wind is expected to blow at 40 to 50 km/h (force 6), while in Menorca the warning takes into account the probability of rissagas occurring, with an oscillation in sea level of 0.7 meters.

The province that will be most affected by the weather in Castilla y León will be Burgos. There, rainfall may leave accumulations of up to 30 liters per square meter in one hour, while in areas such as the Valladolid Plateau, Zamora, the Sanabria area and the Iberian area of ​​Soria, intense storms with hail and very strong gusts of wind will set the tone.

In Castilla-La Mancha, the significant danger will lie in wait for the province of Albacete, with accumulated amounts of about 40 liters per square meter and rainfall in Hellín and Almansa, La Mancha Albaceteña or Alcaraz and Segura.

The warning will be activated in Catalonia starting at 2:00 p.m. in parts of Tarragona, where in addition to storms and precipitation, the heat will not let up and will punish, according to estimates, with maximums of 36 degrees in areas of the northern coast and the Central Depression of Tarragona.

Rissagas are also expected in the Region of Murcia, especially in the Guadalentín Valley, Lorca and Águilas as well as in the Campo de Cartagena and Mazarrón. In that province, storms and rainfall with accumulated amounts of up to 30 liters per square meter will be the protagonists in the Altiplano, where the Agency has warned of a significant danger due to these phenomena.

The warning for precipitation and storms will also be activated from midday in Iberian Rioja (La Rioja), which also anticipates hail and very strong gusts of wind.

For their part, in the Valencian Community, the provinces of Alicante and Valencia are preparing to withstand high temperatures, up to 39 degrees on the coasts; winds between 40 to 55 km/h (force 6 to 7) and waves of 2 to 3 meters.

In addition to these places on alert today due to inclement weather, Andalusia, Aragon and the Basque Country will be under warnings, although of lower intensity, with a yellow level, which warns of danger to carry out certain activities, where precipitation and intense storms will be a clear predominant element.