After a night of intense wind and rain caused by the passage of Storm Kirkthe majority of the Galician community woke up this Wednesday to the consequences of a phenomenon that will continue to affect the northern third of the peninsula throughout the day. After recording wind gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour and accumulated precipitation exceeding expectations (79.6 liters per square meter in Rois and 62 liters per square meter in Lousame), Wednesday began with retentions.
On the road, the falling trees on the road, the land movement and the floods caused incidents from Wednesday morning. In Santiago they were informed deductions on Avenida de Lugo and Avenida Castelao in addition to a landslide that affected drivers in the Noia-Santiago corridor. On the other hand, the caida tree caused damage to a vehicle on Paseo de la Granda and on Rúa Falcoido, another tree forced a traffic lane to be cut, as in O Castro, next to the Conservatory, and on Avenida da Ponte.
Among the incidents, the explosion of the roof of the sports center of the Porto do Son institute (La Coruña), which led to the suspension of classes, should be highlighted. Strong gusts of wind also caused power outages in different locations of Galician geography, particularly in the provinces of Pontevedra and La Coruña.
Incidents on trains and planes
As Adif reports, rail traffic between Padrón and A Escravitude suffered interruptions due to the fall of a tree on the infrastructure, causing the delay of several trains on the line that connects A Coruña to Vigo. In addition, the A Coruña – Ferrol line, including the Betanzos stop, is also closed. Transport will be by road, according to Adif.
Air connections were also affected, including origin-destination flights Peinador (Vigo) and Alvedro (A Coruña). This Tuesday, Air Europa canceled flights between Madrid and Vigo early in the morning (6:40 a.m. and 10:40 a.m.) as well as their reverse flights, which took off at 8:40 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. The flights between Madrid and La Coruña (6:40 a.m.) and the return flight at 11:10 a.m. also did not take off.
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