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VIDEO! Chaos on Murcia coast as 125 litres of rain flood streets in Los Alcázares
Flooded roads, hail and school evacuations were reported as the storm swept across the Mar Menor area
The Region of Murcia’s coastline has already taken a battering as violent storms sweep in on Thursday May 7, with torrential rain flooding streets, forced road closures and even classrooms evacuated in Los Alcázares.
What started as darkening skies shortly before midday quickly turned into one of the nastiest weather episodes the area has seen in months, with huge downpours sweeping across the Mar Menor coastline and parts of Cartagena.
One of the most dramatic moments came offshore near Los Alcázares, where residents reported spotting a waterspout out at sea while sheets of rain and hail hammered the coast.
In Los Alcázares and nearby Los Urrutias, the rain fell with such intensity that visibility dropped sharply at times, with some streets almost disappearing behind curtains of water.
By around 12.30pm, weather stations in Los Alcázares had already recorded more than 60 litres of rain per square metre, while some coastal areas saw more than 50 litres fall in just a single hour.
¡Primeras #tormentas del día localmente fuertes en el sureste de la #PenínsulaIbérica! Esta mañana (07/05/2026), así llueve y graniza en #LosAlcázares (#Murcia), donde ya se han alcanzado a estas horas los 50 litros por metro cuadrado. Vídeo: Joselito. pic.twitter.com/Cn1wDsONVR
— MeteOrihuela (@MeteOrihuela) May 7, 2026
As conditions worsened, the first serious incidents began to emerge. Two classrooms at a school in Los Alcázares had to be evacuated due to flooding, according to the Region of Murcia’s Interior Councillor María del Carmen Guevara.
Los Alcázares Town Hall also warned residents to take extreme care in vulnerable flood-prone areas including Calle Isla Tabarca, Calle Jaén and the La Dorada urbanisation.
By 1.30pm, the Southeast Meteorological Association confirmed that rainfall totals in Los Alcázares had climbed to a staggering 125 litres per square metre, exceeding what the organisation described as the threshold for a red weather alert.
Cartagena was also hit hard by the storm, with some areas recording up to 50 litres per square metre. Flooded streets forced several road closures while hail and strong gusts added to the chaos.
Spain’s state weather agency AEMET had already warned earlier in the day that conditions could become severe, issuing orange weather alerts across Campo de Cartagena and Mazarrón, as well as the Altiplano and Vega del Segura areas.
Forecasters warned that storms could dump up to 30 litres of rain per square metre in just one hour, with hail also possible across much of the Region.
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Image: Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares/Ametse
