Overview
- National weather services kept orange and yellow warnings in force Thursday across much of Argentina and issued orange alerts in Spain’s Valencia and Alicante for very intense storms linked to a fast‑deepening low‑pressure system.
- Overnight storms in Argentina flooded streets and downed trees along the Atlantic coast, with Mar del Plata among the hardest hit and Bahía Blanca reporting 30–46 mm of rain in a short span and 26 calls to Civil Defense.
- Forecasts call for lingering instability into Friday with gusts near 80–90 km/h in several provinces and above 100 km/h in parts of Patagonia, followed by a sharp temperature drop and a gradual improvement heading into the weekend.
- Spain faces a broad bout of unsettled weather, with 15 regions on alert and AEMET warning of more than 40 liters per square meter in an hour near Cabo de la Nao, while Catalonia expects strong afternoon thunderstorms.
- Looking ahead, Argentina’s SMN and the federal emergency agency cite roughly a 60% chance of El Niño in May–July, prompting preparedness efforts as the grain exchange projects mostly scarce rainfall next week across key farm areas except in the north and center‑east.