Overview
- Aemet issued alerts across nearly all of Spain, with a red warning in Castellón for hurricane-force gusts near 140 km/h and DGT imposing a province-wide 80 km/h cap and limits on heavy-vehicle overtaking.
- The Valencian Community reported widespread disruption: Renfe suspended long- and medium-distance services with Catalonia and some high-speed trains between Valencia and Castellón, the port of Castellón closed, emergency services logged more than 700 incidents, and peak gusts reached 172 km/h per Avamet.
- Road and transit impacts included a truck overturning on the AP-7, an A-33 closure near La Font de la Figuera, and intermittent Metrovalencia outages from fallen trees, while Murcia saw façade damage and toppled trees as Aemet recorded gusts above 100 km/h.
- Argentina’s weather service maintained a yellow alert for storms in northern Santa Fe—covering 9 de Julio, Vera, General Obligado, San Javier, San Justo and San Cristóbal—with heavy downpours, hail and strong gusts expected.
- Peru’s disaster agency reported 39 deaths this season from intense rains and associated hazards, and separate incidents during the holiday period included a fatal goring at Ciudad Rodrigo’s carnival in Spain, a deadly crash on Argentina’s Ruta 2, and a Puebla bar shooting that left three dead with four arrests.