A person takes photographs of big waves hitting El Saler beach as storm Gloria batters Spanish eastern coast in Valencia on January 20, 2020. Gloria was the worst storm to have hit the region in the winter period since January 1982, Météo France forecaster Olivier Proust told Franceinfo. Hurricane Gloria was the first significant tropical cyclone to strike the northeastern United States since Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and the first major storm to affect New York City and Long Island directly since Hurricane Donna in 1960.
Storm Gloria hit Spain last weekend and since then it has brought torrential rain, hurricane-force gales, tidal swells and snowstorms. Storm Gloria batters Spain with high winds and snowfall 19/01/2020 'Unlawful': 14-day quarantine rules for UK arrivals come into force.