The maritime storm and the strong winds caused by Storm Caetano which have hit a large part of the country since Wednesday today keep three autonomous communities on alert, with Catalonia on orange alert, due to a significant risk.
In the Valencian Community, the National Meteorological Agency has activated the orange warning, although it was lowered this Friday morning. The same with the yellow notices from Cantabria or Euskadi. Meanwhile, they remain in Andalusia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands due to strong gusts of wind and intense waves.
In Catalonia, the “orange” warning from AEMET is due to the strong storm and is focused on the coast of the Empurdán region, in Girona, where the strongest wind gusts can reach 100 kilometers per hour and waves up to 4 meters.
In addition, the strong winds have justified the activation of yellow alerts in the communities of Aragon, the Balearic Islands, as well as in large areas of Catalonia and the Valencian Community, and according to AEMET data, gusts 70 and 80 kilometers per hour can be reached and sometimes up to 90 in some places.
The general forecast announced today by AEMET indicates that showers will be recorded in the northern half of the peninsula from the early hours of the day, as well as gusts of strong or very strong wind throughout the eastern peninsula.
The weekend will, however, be marked by stability, even if it will be a transition between the passage of a front associated with Storm Caetano and the explosive cyclogenesis of Storm Bert on the British Isles, which will cause the Another cold front is approaching from the west. peninsula and the Canary Islands.
