Gloria also wreaked havoc in Pyrénées-Orientales, France. (Pictured) Big waves overpass a breakwater at the Port Olympic marina in Barcelona, Spain, on Jan. 21. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by AFP) Huge waves and strong winds hit Barcelona's main beach on Tuesday as Storm Gloria …

Big waves overpass a breakwater at the Port Olympic marina, in Barcelona, Spain, as Storm Gloria batters the Spanish eastern coast, on January 21, 2020. Sea foam in the streets. La Catalogne a activé l’alerte pour vents forts sur l’ensemble de la Catalogne dimanche. Gloria ranks as the worst sea storm since 2003 “and likely of this century”, Dani Palacios, head of beach services for Barcelona in the northeast, told local broadcaster BETEVE.

The coastal towns of Cubelles and Cunit between Barcelona and Tarragona have seen huge swells that have removed large amounts of sand from the beach and flooded seafront promenades. Storm Gloria has also affected beaches along the central Catalan coast and the Costa Daurada. par Aurélie Chamerois 18 janvier 2020. par Aurélie Chamerois 18 janvier 2020. Some beachfront businesses have been affected. Although Storm Gloria had moved north by Wednesday afternoon, a weather alert remained in place in parts of Aragón, where 3,600 people are still without electricity due to downed power lines. Une grande partie du littoral méditerranéen espagnol se prépare à l’arrivée de la tempête Gloria dimanche. Travel was affected as the dangerous weather conditions forced Alicante airport to halt hundreds of flights.

La Catalogne sera également touchée. Tempête Gloria: Barcelone en alerte vents violents. And in Girona, the Onyar river was close to bursting its banks.