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A SERIES of giant 14-metre waves lashed eastern Spain this week as Storm Gloria became officially the most destructive winter storm since 1982. The record-breaking walls of water – and weather that left nine dead – came on cue as Spain declared
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first victim, age 44, died in Asturias on Sunday when a truck lost control in heavy snowfall and crashed into his car while he was putting on snow chains. The following day a 63-year-old died in Avila after he was struck by a roof tile. Meanwhile a 70-year-old man died of hypothermia in Moixent, Alicante after falling into snow close to his home, and two homeless people – one in Gandia and another in Carcaixent – also died from hypothermia. Four people died yesterday, including a farmer in a hailstorm, a homeless person killed by hypothermia in Almeria, a woman whose house collapsed in Alcoy, and a man whose car was swept off a road near Benidorm. Four are still missing in Catalunya and the Balearic Islands – including a 25-year-old Brit in Ibiza. Leading climatologists backed the Continues on Page 5
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be at the ‘forefront’ of government action with an unprecedented ‘climate change law’ expected within 100 a landmark state of ‘climate emergen- days, following in the steps of scores cy’ for the entire country. of countries across the world. Leader Pedro Sanchez (below) insist- It came after serious storms lashed ed ecological transition would now the Costa Blanca, also leaving millions of euros of damage. Gale force 9 winds wrought havoc with 115km/h winds recordA gota fría (cold drop) is caused by pockets of arctic or ed in Oliva and polar air that move southeast across western Europe bewaves reaching a fore meeting the warmer, humid Mediterannean climate, record-breaking according to Alicante scientist Jorge Olcina. 8.44m in ValenThe cold blast becomes ‘isolated’ at high altitude, hence cia, and a shocking its spanish term DANA, or Isolated Depression at High 14.22m in Ibiza. Altitudes. So far, nine people When coming into contact with warmer Mediterannean have died around air, the rising humid vapours immediately condense and Spain, with a furdrop a massive quantity of water in one burst. In Orihuether four missing la back in September 2019 over 400mm of water fell in around the Baleless than 48 hours, nearly twice annual average precipiaric Islands and tation, due to a freak gota fría. Catalunya. The
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