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Sparky

16-07-2018 12:30

Tsunami?!!!!.

We have had a mini tsunami this morning, it's called a Rissaga, no damage or injuries but it was worse in Alcudia with some flooding on the front line :eek:.

animagic21

16-07-2018 15:02

Why did it happen? Looked quite scary on Alcudia photos. Did we get a big wave on Pine Walk? Thanks!

mike_dublin

16-07-2018 15:22

here's a little clip

https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mult...-dalcudia.html

Sparky

16-07-2018 15:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by animagic21 (Post 123648)

Why did it happen? Looked quite scary on Alcudia photos. Did we get a big wave on Pine Walk? Thanks!

No big wave, this might help :-

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In a rissaga this area can go from running out of water to flooding the sidewalks.
A rissaga or meteotsunami is a coastal meteorological phenomenon that causes a very strong variation of the high tide .

In rissagas, sea level oscillations occur in ports, coves or bays, motivated by meteorological causes such as strong winds in the troposphere , warm air at low levels of the atmosphere and weak or moderate at the surface, and that in conditions of resonance, that is, sudden rise and fall of the sea level in a very short time (minutes or even seconds) that, when they are very intense, usually cause damage to the ships that are moored and flooding in the port infrastructures.

animagic21

16-07-2018 19:15

Wow!! Thanks for the information. We were visiting a friend in Alcudia on Thursday & were right by the boardwalk in Alcudia.

Carol

17-07-2018 10:20

Many years ago we were sat at Joker Bar on the front- not sure what it is called now!- having lunch in July. Suddenly the wind blew and the sea had massive waves trapping people in the sea. Many people were hurt. As suddenly as it started it stopped. Very strange. The beach was also covered with sea water. Maybe this was similar to what happened in Alcudia although the video does look awful.

pollensafan

17-07-2018 10:50

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Originally Posted by Carol (Post 123656)

Yes, as I recall, that was just my late wife going in for a dip !:eek:
No worries,

majprop

24-07-2018 21:33

These are quite normal in the Baleares, more so in Minorca where it empties the harbour in Ciutadella. The fisherman (as always) are the only people over there who seem to know exactly when this occurs.

Hanser

25-07-2018 06:54

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Originally Posted by majprop (Post 123748)

There's a rissaga forecast system for the Balearics. It includes an interesting video:
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