Environment & Climate 2 min read 3h ago · Updated August 25, 2026 at 02:23 UTC

Storm Sweeps Spain With Heavy Rain

A powerful Atlantic depression that underwent explosive cyclogenesis over the weekend is crossing Spain on Monday, having already brought its first rains to Galicia, the Basque
Spain's national weather agency Aemet warns of very heavy and persistent rainfall, potentially large hail in western regions, and locally very intense storms across the north-east
Very strong wind gusts are forecast for the west and north as the depression combines with an upper-level trough to amplify its effects across wide areas of the country.

A powerful Atlantic low-pressure system is crossing the Iberian Peninsula this Monday, bringing heavy rain, violent storms and strong winds to wide stretches of Spain after undergoing an unusually rapid deepening process known as explosive cyclogenesis over the weekend.

System moves in from the Atlantic

The depression formed over the Atlantic during the weekend and was approaching the Galician coast on Monday morning, having already triggered its first rains on Sunday across Galicia, the Basque Country, and Aragón. José Luis Camacho, a spokesman for Spain's State Meteorological Agency, Aemet, stated that the system would "leave precipitation and strong winds across large areas of the country".

Warnings across west, north-east and Mediterranean coast

Aemet forecasts that the low, acting in combination with an associated upper-level trough, will produce heavy to very heavy and persistent rainfall — potentially accompanied by large hail — across western regions of Spain. The north-east and the Mediterranean coastline face locally very intense storms, while the west and north are expected to bear the brunt of extremely strong wind gusts. The precise extent and severity of the impact remain subject to uncertainty as the system continues to develop.

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The episode arrives as parts of Spain have already endured a punishing run of extreme weather events in recent weeks. Families were trapped by flooding on the Costa Daurada, and a severe hailstorm inundated streets across Tarragona province, events that point to a recurring pattern of damaging meteorological episodes along the Iberian Peninsula's eastern flank. The scale of disruption from Monday's system will become clearer as it moves further inland.

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