No serious incidents reported despite heavy rain and strong winds

Gibraltar and the surrounding area have been hit by Storm Leonardo, bringing gale-force winds and heavy rain.

Today, in Gibraltar, authorities issued a weather advisory and in Andalusia the regional government issued a red alert across the area.

Wind and rain have been the order of the day for some time now on the Rock. As another storm batters the rock, there have once again been disruptions.

Various businesses and offices in town remained closed, including delivery services.

GCS closed BookGem and the John Mackintosh Hall, however the Theatre remained open, with the Young Musician competition going ahead.

Meanwhile, the extreme weather conditions have led to some water ingress into the main Operating Theatres Department at the hospital. 

Day Surgery was unaffected with only one operating theatre suffering direct but limited water ingress.

More than half of today’s scheduled procedures went ahead as planned, while 3 operations were cancelled on Wednesday, two of these already rescheduled for Friday and the GHA was in the process of identifying a date for the third.

The Government confirmed water ingress to several schools, as well as a number of other public and private buildings.

Several sites were identified where waterproofing may have failed, and Government says these will be addressed as soon as dry weather arrives.

Across the border there were red and yellow alerts for the Campo de Gibraltar and other parts of Cádiz and Málaga.

Municipal sports halls in Algeciras, San Roque and Los Barrios opened to accommodate evacuees, including 1600 people evacuated from communities around the Río Guadiaro.

In La Línea no major incidents were reported.

Those travelling to Spain are advised to monitor official Spanish channels for road updates.