An impressive hailstorm surprised the residents of El Ejido last Monday evening. The hail began falling heavily around 10:20 p.m. and the damage it caused was significant due to its large size, which they compared to golf balls.
Social networks have been flooded with videos in which we can see the virulence of the hailstones which, as they fell, destroyed the windows and dented the bodywork of vehicles parked outside. Other elements of houses, such as windows and skylights, were also affected. The damage to the greenhouses, which is expected to be significant, still needs to be assessed.
This is how the hailstorm started in El Ejido, then it got tighter and the ice balls started falling, 20 minutes. As soon as the ground cleared, cars and vans started leaving to see what the greenhouses were like, because the whole town (whether you work there or not) depends on them. pic.twitter.com/TfEUWVdUou
—Sitagles 🦄🐧📖🥀🐞🎃🎭🌍🏰🎠🎡 (@sitagles) October 28, 2024
Effects of the DANA during its passage in El Ejido, Almería.
It’s been brutal, there’s no place I haven’t found something destroyed. pic.twitter.com/1E3IdLnHAr
– Carlos Herrera Peralta (@CarlosHerreraP_) October 29, 2024
@tiempobrasero The hailstorm that hit El Ejido was very serious. It is still early to assess the damage, but in a greenhouse area, the worst is expected. Cars destroyed and houses flooded. This is not an orange alert, but a black alert (even if it does not exist). pic.twitter.com/3Mov52uHBl
– Mª Ángeles Camacho (@mariang_camacho) October 28, 2024
The 112 emergency service coordinated, between 10:00 p.m. yesterday and 6:00 a.m. this morning, almost a hundred incidents in the province of Almeria due to the effects of rain and hail.
The National Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has also activated the orange level of rain and thunderstorm warning for this Tuesday in Almería and Granada, as well as in Cádiz and Málaga where this alert will also apply, but the storms will not will activate the yellow warning only in these locations. areas. Likewise, the storm will also affect the territory of Jaén, leaving the yellow alert active for both phenomena, while the waves will cause orange level alerts on the Andalusian Mediterranean coast.
All this is marked by the passage of a DANA which landed on Saturday in the Guadalquivir basin, extending during the day on Sunday towards eastern Andalusia. This precipitation caused thermometers to drop regionally, placing maximum temperatures around 18 degrees.
According to the Aemet website, in the province of Almería, the orange risk for rain and storm will remain in force on Tuesday until 6 p.m. in Valle del Almanzora and Los Vélez, Nacimiento and Campo de Tabernas, Poniente and Almería Capital and the capital. east of Almeria, where this water alert will turn yellow from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. In these areas, cumulative rainfall of 30 milliliters is expected in one hour and 80 milliliters in the first 12 hours.
Likewise, the waves will leave the active orange alert for this phenomenon in Poniente and the capital Almería, as well as in eastern Almeria, until 4:00 a.m. this Tuesday, to become yellow until 10:00 a.m. this Tuesday. On these coasts, east and northeast winds of 60 to 70 kilometers per hour (force 8) and waves of three to five meters high are expected.
Likewise, it is planned to activate the orange rain alert and the yellow storm alert in the Strait of Cádiz until 6 a.m. this Tuesday due to an accumulation of water that could reach 30 milliliters in one hour and 80 in the first 12 hours. .
Already in Granada, the region of Guadix and Baza will also be affected by rain and storms due to the orange warning that will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m., where accumulation of water is expected in one hour of up to 30 milliliters and 80 in the first 12 hours. In addition, these same phenomena will trigger the yellow alert on the coast of Granada from midnight this Monday until 6:00 p.m. due to an accumulation of water of 20 milliliters in one hour.
In this same province, specifically on the coast of Granada, the waves will also be the star of one of today’s alerts, leaving the orange warning active until 4 a.m. this Tuesday, although it will remain in in force under the yellow warning until 10 a.m. , 00 hours of the same day. Where easterly and northeasterly winds of 60 to 70 kilometers per hour (force 8) and waves three to five meters high are expected.
Inland from Malaga, the storm will keep the orange warning of rain and storm in force until midday this Monday in the region of Sol and Guadalhorce, where accumulated precipitation of 30 milliliters in one hour and 80 is expected. in the areas. .first 12 hours. Likewise, in Ronda and Axarquía these yellow level alerts will last until 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. respectively, due to an accumulation of water that is expected to reach 20 milliliters in one hour and in the case of Axarquía until 8:00 p.m. 60 in the first 12 hours.
The coasts of Malaga will also be affected by waves which will activate the orange alert until 10:00 a.m. in Axarquía due to east and northeast winds of 60 to 70 kilometers per hour (force 8) and waves three to five meters high. height. And yellow level until 09:00 in the region of Sol and Guadalhorce due to waves in the eastern swell of three meters high.
Finally, in the territory of Jaén, Aemet plans to activate the yellow rain and thunderstorm warning until 6:00 p.m. in Cazorla and Segura, where a cumulative rainfall of 20 milliliters in one hour is expected.
