Tsunami strikes Spanish resorts in Majorca and Menorca deluging roads and flooding beach bars and terraces

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• Wave measuring five feet hit Ciutadella on west coast of Menorca on Mondaya
• Seawater flooded bars by the coast in Andratx, and covered beachside roads
• Boat owners on Majorca's south west coast were filmed trying to save their boats
• The huge wave has been identified as a meteotsunami, which is caused by disturbances in air pressure at sea


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 five-foot tsunami has hit tourist beaches in parts of Majorca and Menorca.

A wave measuring almost five feet hit Ciutadella on the west coast of Menorca in the early hours of Monday morning.

Nearby beaches were also flooded by the meteotsunami, called a rissaga in Catalan Spanish.

These are large, tsunami-like waves are triggered by disturbances in air pressure caused by fast-moving weather events, like thunderstorms.

Meteotsunami have been recorded reaching heights of 6ft (1.8m) or more.

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Only 5 feet, but that's somewhat far inland for only 5 feet, looking at the pictures on those links.

Last Edited by Alluvial on 07/17/2018 01:43 PM