Timelapse of the severe storms that have brought torrential rain and flooding the Iberian Peninsula this weekend ⛈️ #DANAseptiembre #DANA #lluvia pic.twitter.com/SrsqcYNvGA
— Zoom Earth (@zoom_earth) September 3, 2023
Big Rains in Spain.
Europe has been nuts this summer.
Sobering scenes from Toledo pic.twitter.com/0Sb9RsoLFf
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) September 3, 2023
Severe flooding unfolding Santa Bàrbara (Montsià) about 200km south of Barcelona.pic.twitter.com/JIJwpYZ83S
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) September 3, 2023
Major flooding unfolding in Spain 🇪🇸 right now as heavy storms batter the peninsula. This from Camping Alfacs in Tarragona.pic.twitter.com/igKOGjcGk8
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) September 3, 2023
As in many other places, Spain will have to develop hydro projects that both manage and take advantage of erratic heavy rains that don’t come on an annual schedule. Perhaps they can do what California has been adopting recently: Establish aquifer recharge contours in the landscape.