THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY · EVENT← TODAY'S COVERTHE WATER
The red has ended on Spain's Mediterranean coast; orange and yellow remain, for up to 50 mm in an hour on the southern Valencia coast. A new cut-off low turns the storms inland from Sunday to Monday, and the whole episode has taken no lives.
THE RECORD
6 turning points on record since Sep 28.
Oct 3peak → easing · eased sharply
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 safetyThailand's crest at Ayutthaya, Bihar's breached embankments and a typhoon warning in the northern Marianas.
CONNECTED
Too much water and too little, both easing — Spain's coast steps down from red, and the Rhine at Kaub climbs from a record −6 cm to 10 cm..