Floods

The Adour River has overflowed in Bayonne this Thursday. When the heavy rain and the high tide have come together in the last few days, either at six o'clock in the morning or in the afternoon, the river has left its course.

Heavy rainfall has caused flooding in many areas, garages and homes, especially in the Butron River basin, which has affected 36 residents in Maruri. 

Euskalmet has reported that rain will continue in the next few hours, almost uninterrupted, especially on the Cantabrian side.

As a result of the heavy rains, the Butron River has overflowed in front of the Mungia, whose City Council has recommended that citizens move their cars to high places.

In Castejón, the Ebro is the only one that remains orange and pre-alert. In Álava, there is concern about the Ulibarri reservoir, where in recent hours the amount of water it releases has tripled.

In the last few hours, storms in Nils and Oriana have left flooding, winds exceeding 150 km/h, thousands of people without electricity in southern Europe. Since the beginning of 2026, nine major storms have reached Europe.

The president of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, has warned that a hundred other residents of Ubrique (Cadiz) could be evicted in the next few hours because of land movements.

The Junta de Andalucía has recorded more than 350 serious incidents in the road network of the Autonomous Community in recent days, which has forced the closure of a large number of roads due to the Leonardo depression. The arrival of the storm Marta could worsen the situation.

Heavy rains are expected again this Saturday, with 11,000 people evicted and a hundred roads cut.

As a result of the heavy rains of the last few hours, 700 litres of water per square metre have accumulated in Grazalema (Cadiz). In this video taken from the air by the Civil Guard, you can see an entire village surrounded by waterfalls. The authorities have ordered the village to be evicted — about 1,500 citizens — as a precaution for possible flood damage. 

The blurring of Leonardo continues to hit Andalusia, and according to weather forecasts, the unstable atmosphere will continue over the weekend. Indeed, in many homes in Grazalema, the water has come out of the plugs.

The residents of the Ribera de Gaidovar area of the municipality of Grazalema (Cadiz), who live very close to the Fresnillo dam, where the water level is very high, have accumulated 478 litres of water per square metre in recent hours.

A cold front from the Arctic has alerted much of Europe. There have been problems at airports and public transport in Scotland, the Netherlands, France and Italy.

The 112 Andalusian Emergency Services have reported that they are looking for two men who are missing and have so far only found their van.

As a result of the rains, many walls and homes have collapsed, catching several people under them. In addition, the water has flooded streets and tents. The United Nations Refugee Agency and the Gaza Government have warned of the risk of an increase in diseases and infections.

At least one million people have been evicted from their homes on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, because of the worst floods of the year in Asia, while the authorities estimate that 631 people have already died and 472 are missing.

The associations of victims of the GOIDI in Valencia have concentrated at the gates of the Cortes Valencianas while the acting President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, appeared before the Commission of Inquiry.

At least two people have died and more than a million have been evacuated in the Philippines as a result of the Fung-wong supertyphoon, which has lost strength in the last few hours and entered the South China Sea, although experts believe it could be reinforced again before reaching Taiwan.

The Bilbao River has overflowed again this Thursday at some points in Zorrozaurre due to intense tides. The yellow warning from Euskalmet due to coastal risk will continue until Saturday.