Paralysis at Palma airport as torrential rain grounds flights

Water pouring from the ceiling and planes grounded on flooded runways—this was the situation at Palma airport, the capital of Majorca, on Tuesday. Earlier, heavy rains had swept over this popular tourist city.

Water was cascading from the ceiling, and planes were grounded on the flooded runways of Palma airport, the capital of Spanish Majorca.

According to Reuters, the heavy rains that passed over Palma, the capital of Majorca, on Tuesday paralyzed the operations of the local airport, Son Sant Joan.

Spain's third-largest airport was forced to implement an emergency plan, and flights to Majorca were temporarily redirected to alternative airports.

However, later in the afternoon, information appeared on platform X, shared by Transport Minister Oscar Puente, stating that after the storm passed, the airport was resuming its activities. According to the statement, the first plane take-offs had resumed.

The national weather agency AEMET reported that rainfall at the airport reached nearly 2 inches per hour. During the most intense moments of the rain, the rainfall level reached 4 inches in less than an hour.

A wealth of footage and photos illustrating the scale of the flooding after the rains appeared online.