[Joe King]

We've had thunder and more downpours today - if it continues it could add to the problems in some areas.

[lynda32]

Thunders starting to rumble again, raining and dark here in Benidorm.

[Mitzyboy]

Originally Posted by lynda32 Thunders starting to rumble again, raining and dark here in Benidorm.

I was walking through Benidorm on Monday and there was a Palm tree lying flat on the beach, and clearly the storm drains had washed a lot of the beach away

[sarahchirles]

Originally Posted by lynda32 Thunders starting to rumble again, raining and dark here in Benidorm.

Yep its making that rumbling noise now... Thought it was my stomach!

[mikelincs]

Heavy rain for the last 3 hours + thunder. Just driven back from Torrevieja, and there are a lot of roads with several inches of standing water, safe to go through if you drive slowly, but not at the speeds some of the idiots I've seen today drive through them.

[Lionda]

Started to rain here about an hour ago, now in the middle of a thunderstorm.

[cappie83]

Hi
Does anyone live close to Bonalba Golf, Mutxamel, San Juan.
How bad has this one been in this area . We were at San Juan Sept 21 when about 3" fell in a couple of hours and our new place let in water - so I am a bit concerned reading these reports as the builder has not replied to my emails.

[andyrich666]

Originally Posted by treskillard About time too. Why Sky though? Considering the number of British people living in Spain, something the BBC has been quite happy to publicize and discuss recently, I too was surprised to find no mention (on their web site at least as I don't have a TV!) of the storms that this thread has been reporting. I guess that you Spanish lot just don't pay your license fees!

I can only say Sky because I dont watch the BBC New's does not appeal to me, it may well have had coverage but I doubt it

I remember a Bridge collapsed in the US not long ago and in fact it took over the whole media here on TV and in the paper's, it was a masisve story on Sky and the BBC.

I dont know what it is with the media in the UK, Me for one couldnt give 2 hoots to anything that happen's in the US and I dont think many people really do. Last night a whole hour was allocated for the run up to the election in the state's.

I do my best to keep up with news in Spain, I watch the TVE Espana Directo when ever I am around, that is my personal interest though.

The majority of brit people I have met in Spain though on the whole dont have a clue what goes on in the country they live - and I guess that is to do with lack of coverage in the UK to the channel's they watch.

I speak to some people today in Villajoyasa is it, they havent a clue to any bridge collapsing, or any of the storm. They knew all the too much boozing that has been on all day though.

[firtreesix]

Rained here in javea most of yesterday, most of last night and is continuing even now as I write...

CNN International actually showed footage of the bridge collapse in Beniarbeig, plus local flooding in what they called Valencia, whether that was the city or the province I don't know. It appears that we are due for unsettled weather, including rain, for the remainder of the week...

Interestingly, we were informed by a local that Javea holds the world record for the most amount of rainfall, either in one go or over a specified amount of time, I'm not sure which and will have to verify this. I guess this goes back to the 1957 flood.

[jdr]

Originally Posted by firtreesix Rained here in javea most of yesterday, most of last night and is continuing even now as I write... CNN International actually showed footage of the bridge collapse in Beniarbeig, plus local flooding in what they called Valencia, whether that was the city or the province I don't know. It appears that we are due for unsettled weather, including rain, for the remainder of the week... Interestingly, we were informed by a local that Javea holds the world record for the most amount of rainfall, either in one go or over a specified amount of time, I'm not sure which and will have to verify this. I guess this goes back to the 1957 flood.

Rainfall in Spain is up a third on last year already.

[Cornish maid]

My son and his girlfriend are due to fly out tomorrow for a week staying with her parents. It's at a place called Formentara de segura (I think) ...about 50 miles south of Alicante? Any news on any damage caused by flooding there at all??
Thanks
Sally

[Fred James]

Originally Posted by andyrich666 You will never find anything really about events in Spain in the English Media, English media is only interested in China UK Russia and US really, other European countries such as Germany and France are included in small percentages.

You're right there.

Other countries do take an interest though.

You might be surprised how far the news travels - look at http://tinyurl.com/37jxos

[firtreesix]

Andyrich666 wrote...

I dont know what it is with the media in the UK, Me for one couldnt give 2 hoots to anything that happen's in the US and I dont think many people really do. Last night a whole hour was allocated for the run up to the election in the state's.


Heh!! That is precisely the opposite of what I think...I couldn't give a toss as to what goes on in the UK, don't watch any of the Brit channels, just the Spanish ones and CNN so I can get a better understanding of current world events. I'm a bit partial to the US news though, being a USC!!!

Firtreesix

[gengis khant]

Originally Posted by Fred James You're right there. Other countries do take an interest though. You might be surprised how far the news travels - look at http://tinyurl.com/37jxos

Amazing; they get media reports in China but in the UK - zilch.

[Joe King]

Originally Posted by jdr Rainfall in Spain is up a third on last year already.

That's quite a statistic, but doesn't surprise me after April and now October. Raining again here today off and on.