The thunderstorms set to come after parts of the continent were battered by Hurricane Leslie
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| Europe has been battered by severe weather and more is on the way |
LARGE parts of Europe are bracing themselves for more severe thunderstorms and flooding just days after Hurricane Leslie lashed the continent.
France has been hit by floods that have left at least 13 dead while the remnants of Leslie battered Portugal and then Spain at the weekend.
LARGE parts of Europe are bracing themselves for more severe thunderstorms and flooding just days after Hurricane Leslie lashed the continent.
France has been hit by floods that have left at least 13 dead while the remnants of Leslie battered Portugal and then Spain at the weekend.
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| Floods in France have killed 13 people |
Now forecasters are warning the large western Mediterranean could see floods on the scale of those witnessed in Majorca recently, which killed 10 people.
A Met Office spokeswoman said "Spells of severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the western Mediterranean over the coming week, with intense rainfall of up to 150mm in six hours likely to cause flash flooding in places."
The areas affected will be North East Spain, including the Balearic islands and Barcelona, southern France, Sardinia, Sicily and Tunisia.
The thunderstorms could be "similar to what we’ve seen in Majorca recently", said the spokeswoman.
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| The thunderstorms could see rain on the scale witnessed in Majorca |
Majorca was hit by storms that produced an "avalanche of water" that swept vehicles out to sea.
The dead included British couple named locally as Antony Green, 71, and his wife Delia, 75.
Their bodies were found inside a taxi struck by the floods and the driver was also feared dead.
Several months' worth of rain fell in just a few hours overnight in the Aude area in the southern France on Sunday night.
The dead included a nun who died Villardonnel, a village close to Carcassone,
Another person died when part of their house collapsed because of raging waters in the nearby town of Cuxac-d’Aude.
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| Portugal bore the initial brunt of Hurricane Michael |
France is far from the only part of Europe suffering from extreme weather conditions.
Portugal has been hit by one of its strongest storms on record as Hurricane Leslie left hundreds of thousands of families without power and dozens injured.
Winds topping 125mph sent huge trees crashing onto cars in the capital city of Lisbon and the tourist hot spot of Porto in the north of the country.
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