Five-foot TSUNAMI strikes Spanish resorts in Majorca and Menorca deluging roads and flooding beach bars and terraces
- Wave measuring five feet hit Ciutadella on west coast of Menorca this morning
- Seawater flooded bars by the coast in Andratx and covered beachside roads
- Boat owners in the resort on Majorca’s south west coast were filmed trying to protect their boats
A five-foot tsunami has hit tourist beaches in parts of Majorca and Menorca.
A wave measuring nearly five feet hit Ciutadella on the west coast of Menorca early this morning.
Nearby beaches were also flooded by the meteotsunami, called a rissaga in Catalan Spanish.
Beaches, bars and terraces in Majorca and Minorca were swallowed by the five-foot tsunami
The freak weather phenomenon also affected holiday resorts in Majorca, with seawater flooding bars and terraces by the coast in Andratx and covering beachside roads.
Boat owners in the resort on Majorca’s south west coast were filmed trying to protect their boats.
The strong current broke the ropes of a historic sailing boat used by the Majorca Island Council which had to be rescued by sailors and brought back to port as it drifted out to sea.
There were no reports of any injuries and the meteotsunami occurred when the beaches were largely empty before holidaymakers started to arrive for their daily dose of sun.
Swathes of coastline are partially submerged by the five-foot tsunami
Meteotsunamis, also called meteorological tsunamis, are tsunami-like waves generated when rapid changes in barometric pressure cause the displacement of a body of water.
A meteotsunami that struck Nagasaki Bay in March 1979 killed three people.
Last summer one was filming hitting the coast of the Netherlands and catching beachgoers off guard.
Beach chairs, boats and parasols were swept away by the waves.
A car is close to being swept away by the waves which lap up over the sea wall
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