{"id":7262,"date":"2026-02-19T21:49:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:49:42","slug":"spain-portugal-brace-for-fresh-storm-after-deadly-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/02\/19\/spain-portugal-brace-for-fresh-storm-after-deadly-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain, Portugal brace for fresh storm after deadly flood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spain and Portugal are bracing for another storm system just days after heavy rains and flooding from Storm Leonardo caused deaths, evacuations and widespread disruption across the Iberian Peninsula. The region has already endured a string of intense storms this year that have flooded homes, forced thousands to flee and damaged infrastructure, with meteorological services warning of continued torrential rain and flood risks. Authorities have issued alerts and urged residents to prepare for further extreme weather and rising waters. The relentless sequence of weather events highlights ongoing challenges for emergency responses in both countries. This extreme weather event underscores growing concerns over the increasing frequency and intensity of climate-driven disasters in Spain and Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 7, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/news\/spain-portugal-brace-for-fresh-storm-after-deadly-flood\/\">euractiv.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain and Portugal are bracing for another storm system just days after heavy rains and flooding from Storm Leonardo caused deaths, evacuations and widespread disruption across the Iberian Peninsula. The region has already endured a string of intense storms this year that have flooded homes, forced thousands to flee and damaged infrastructure, with meteorological services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":7266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-crisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7444,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions\/7444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}