Storm Adam drenches western Mallorca as Balearic alerts are lowered
Storm Adam swept across Mallorca on Monday, dropping more than 53 liters of rain per square meter in places. It had already flooded parts of Ibiza's airport. Balearic officials then lowered their alert levels and said school classes would resume as normal on Tuesday.
Storm Adam, a slow-moving system Spanish forecasters call a DANA, hit Mallorca hard on Monday, especially the island's western Ponent area, Diario de Mallorca reported (translated from Spanish). Rain caused flooding and traffic problems in towns including Andratx and Calvià.
By early afternoon, stations of Spain's weather agency, Aemet, had recorded up to 53.2 liters per square meter at Lluc and 53.1 at Sant Elm in Andratx, Diario de Mallorca reported. Binissalem had 46.2, Es Capdellà 45.2 and Santa Maria del Camí 42.4, and Palma's port logged 39.2.
The storm reached Mallorca from the west around midday after hitting Ibiza and Formentera, the paper reported. In central Palma, residents and tourists ducked into shops and doorways as the rain picked up, and the sa Riera stream ran very high.
Afterward, the Balearic authorities lowered the civil protection alert levels and said school classes would resume as normal Tuesday, Diario de Mallorca reported. Classes had been suspended Monday.
Aemet warned that storms could still bring heavy or very heavy rain overnight and in the early hours of Tuesday, the Majorca Daily Bulletin reported. Tuesday afternoon should bring partly cloudy skies with occasional showers, and more stable weather is expected Wednesday.
Ibiza was hit harder. Ibiza recorded 83.4 liters per square meter and Ibiza Airport 75.9 by Monday afternoon, the Bulletin reported. Parts of Ibiza's airport were cordoned off as rain seeped through ceilings, The Independent reported. Its weather station logged a record 173 millimeters in 24 hours on Sunday, the most since records began in 1944. Ibiza's airport had 24 flights canceled Sunday and five more Monday, and Palma's airport had 33 cancellations Sunday and 10 Monday, according to The Independent.
The same storm brought deadly flooding to parts of the Spanish mainland, The Independent reported.
What we know: Adam dropped more than 53 liters per square meter on parts of Mallorca before alerts were lowered.
What we don't: How much more rain Tuesday's lower-level warnings will bring.
Where outlets agree Diario de Mallorca and the Majorca Daily Bulletin both report about 53 liters per square meter of rain at Lluc and Sant Elm.
Where they differ The cited reports agree on the key facts so far.