Extreme heavy rain, hail and gusts of wind: while autumn in Germany is currently presenting itself from its milder side, the weather in southern and western Europe is red.
Violent autumn storms
raged across
southern and western Europe.
Devastating chaos
on some
vacation
islands
- It came to:
Heavy rain, organ gusts and hail showers.
Even entire
airports shut down.
Crete - At the beginning of the month, autumn showed its unfriendly side in large parts of Germany.
Rain, cold air and strong squalls dominated
the first half of October
.
But for a few days there has been an enormous
change in the weather,
which
brings
almost
summer temperatures of
up to 24 degrees back to Germany.
Meanwhile, other European countries are struggling with
storms,
some of them
severe.
In some regions there are
torrential rainfalls,
strong winds
and heavy
hail storms.
Due to the critical weather situation, some airports even had to close.
Violent #storm đ©ïž on #Kreta đŹđ·.
Floods, storm damage and hail masses.
Current pictures in the latest photo gallery: https://t.co/RD4JWqSPoM #Wetter #Griechenland https://t.co/edzsrpEfnc
- wetteronline.de (@WetterOnline) October 21, 2020
Weather in Greece: Crete's airport closes
The current weather situation in Crete is critical, and what's more: He is on
red alert
.
In the past few days,
severe storms
caused massive damage.
Already in the night of Wednesday (October 21) a
thunderstorm
hit the holiday island.
In addition to
heavy rainfall
, the island also recorded
hail showers,
according to local media
.
The
coastal city of Malia was
hit particularly hard
.
The
hailstorms
caused
some serious vehicle
damage there
.
Pictures show a beach where the sand is covered with hail as if it had snowed.
In Crete's capital,
Heraklion
, the rain flooded some cellars and caused trees to collapse.
In the tourist areas
Alikarnassos
and
Malia
, there was
flooding.
The storm went so far that Crete
's largest airport
in Heraklion had to temporarily close for over four hours.
But other island groups, including
Rhodes,
were not spared from the storms.
Canary Islands also affected by storms: Spain is fighting with landslides, road closures and gusts of wind
The storm front also overran the
Canary Islands.
Spain's island of Tenerife was
particularly hard
hit.
There the
precipitation reached
up to 54 liters per square meter.
Additionally
Squalls raged
over the island
at a speed of more than
150 kilometers per hour
.
The
precipitation
caused landslides to pull some power lines with them.
In addition, there was a real
traffic chaos
, so that some roads had to be closed and several
flights had to be canceled
.
MĂĄs vĂdeos desde #LaPalma por @Elmorromazo, el agua baja desde la #CalderaTaburiente.
pic.twitter.com/lqIM8BfYMY
- Meteo_Tenerife (@tenerife_meteo) October 20, 2020
A violent storm also swept over France.
Deep
âBarbaraâ
was sometimes traveling at speeds of over 120 kilometers per hour.
Especially the
Pyrenees
were affected by the hurricane-like gusts.
(mrf)
