LISBON, Portugal — Storm Charles has flooded parts of Portugal and southern Spain this week, forced hundreds of flight cancellations and moved on to France and northern Italy, where forecasters issued their highest rain warning, the Guardian reported Friday, Nov. 13.
Related: Nor’easter Brings Cold Rain to Boston and First Snow to the Worcester Hills.
Madeira and the mainland
Heavy rain and strong southwesterly winds reached the Portuguese island of Madeira first, then the mainland on Nov. 11. Funchal airport recorded a gust of 84.5 mph (136 kph), and rainfall reached 355 mm (13.97 inches) in 12 hours.[1]
In Lisbon, 183 flights were cancelled on Wednesday, about a third of the airport’s normal daily traffic. Madrid’s Barajas airport had 155 cancellations.[1] Together that is 338 flights (TBR calculation).
France and Italy
After widespread flooding in Spain and Portugal, the storm tracked northeast across southern France. Flooding in parts of Cannes caused rockfalls and closed roads along the French Riviera.[1]
Italy’s weather service issued a red rainfall warning for an area from Tuscany to the Venice region.[1]
What the forecast shows
More heavy rain is expected in Italy and the Balkans over the next few days. Forecast models point to another 100 mm falling widely, with close to 200 mm likely in the mountains.[1]
Also this week
Rounds of heavy rain and wind have hit British Columbia, Canada, over the past week or so. Storms between Monday and Friday of last week left more than 400,000 customers without power, and more rain over the weekend cut power to another 135,000.[1]
Flood warnings were issued Wednesday for the province’s south coast, and another storm is forecast for the weekend.[1]
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