Overview
- Galicia’s gale eased by mid‑morning Wednesday after peak gusts of about 159 km/h in Vimianzo, with remaining wind advisories confined to Lugo and Ourense mountains until midday.
- Heavy‑rain risk now dominates in Galicia for Thursday with yellow alerts for up to 40 l/m² in 12 hours and locally 15 l/m² in one hour, alongside high storm probabilities in multiple municipalities.
- Meteogalicia logged 1,645 lightning strikes overnight, including 623 cloud‑to‑ground hits in Galicia concentrated in Costa da Morte and southern and interior Pontevedra.
- Catalonia sent an ES‑Alert for a level‑4‑of‑6 torrential episode expected to sweep from Terres de l’Ebre at night toward Barcelona in the morning and Girona by midday, with possible 40–60 l/m² in 30 minutes.
- Argentina’s weather agencies issued yellow alerts: Córdoba faces strong winds of 50–70 km/h with mountain gusts over 120 km/h and nighttime storms with frequent lightning and possible hail, while Mendoza expects a cold front bringing strong storms, hail and high‑mountain snow through the weekend.