THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY · EVENT← TODAY'S COVERTHE WATER
Castellón and Tarragona stay red after 153.8 mm at Aín overnight, while Valencia eases to orange. About 356,000 students stayed home and no deaths have been reported; in France, the Cévennes red has ended.
THE RECORD
5 turning points on record since Sep 28.
Oct 2building → peak
Oct 1peak → building · intensified sharply
Sep 30↑ intensified sharply
Sep 29reclassified severe → water · building → peak · became confirmed
Sep 28reclassified quiet → severe · no-signal → building · moved onto the top line · intensified sharply
WHO IT TOUCHES
Public safetySing Buri evacuates as Thailand's crest arrives, red holds on Spain's coast, and central Texas has flash flooding.
Supply chainsA record-low Rhine, a cut Mediterranean rail corridor and flash flooding on I-35.
AviationA tropical storm warning on Saipan and Tinian, and heavy rain over Texas hubs.
EnergyLow water on the Rhine slows fuel by barge; outages in Spain's Baix Ebre.
EventsClasses suspended across eastern Spain and flash flooding in central Texas.
CONNECTED
Too much water and too little — red rain holds on Spain's coast while the Rhine at Kaub sets a record low of −6 cm.