Storm Adam brought torrential rain to eastern Spain earlier this week. In Pego, Alicante, 632mm fell in 36 hours, with 430mm of this falling in just six hours, while the Valencian town of Olivia received 600mm in 24 hours.

The severe flooding led 145 municipalities across Valencia and Alicante to impose a temporary lockdown on about 850,000 people on Monday. At least five people have died, 500 have been rescued and 2,100 evacuated.

The storm also affected the Balearic Islands, with more than 130 incidents recorded in Ibiza including standing water at the airport causing some flights to be diverted or suspended. Although the worst of the storm has passed and conditions are improving across Valencia and Alicante, local disruption is expected to continue.

The first named storm of the winter for the UK is tracking through the Channel. Storm Austen is bringing damaging winds not only to south-west England and Wales, but south-west Ireland and northern France.…