Storm Alice forces Wayne Lineker’s Ibiza club to close as floods swamp supercars & deluge turns roads into rivers
WAYNE Lineker’s beach club in Ibiza was forced to close as Storm Alice continues to wreak havoc across the party island.
Torrential rain has caused chaos in the Balearic island holiday hotspot flash flooding reported across parts of the region.
Ibiza closed the main motorway to the airport, where social media footage showed rainwater seeping into the terminal, and briefly halted all public transport.
Footage showed supercars swamped in flood water as the deluge turned the roads into rivers.
Amid the chaos, Wayne Lineker was forced to shut the doors of his popular Ocean Beach club.
The entrepreneur shared footage of revellers running to shelter as heavy rainfall battered his lavish beach resort.
It showed high-speed winds on the island, whipping up his club’s parasols by the pool.
He said it was the “first time in years” that they closed the doors so early.
As well as Ibiza Town, the holiday resort of Playa d’en Bossa and the towns of San Jose and Santa Eularia also suffered flooding.
The torrential rain on September 30 caused problems, including flooding at Ibiza nightclubs and hotels.
The Spanish army has been sent to Ibiza for the second time in less than a fortnight after more flooding brought chaos to the island.
One local described the situation on the island as “devastating.”
Ibiza Town’s mayor Rafa Triguero, said: “All the council teams and services are working tirelessly to drain water and re-establish normality as soon as possible.
“The most important thing is that no one has been hurt.”
He also urged people to stay indoors if possible and be extremely cautious if they had to travel anywhere.
Meanwhile, 24 flights were cancelled from late afternoon onwards, with inside areas having to be closed to travellers because of water leaking into the terminal and power cuts caused by the rain.
Officials at the Spanish airports authority AENA told local press: “Because of the adverse weather conditions in Ibiza, airport operations were temporarily paralysed.
“During that time, the runway was cleaned along with other areas that were affected by the storm.”
Twelve of the flights said to have been cancelled were incoming flights and the other 12 departing flights, with British holidaymakers among those affected.
Tourists reaching Ibiza on ferries were pictured stepping into knee-deep water as they got off the boat.
The neighbouring islands of Majorca and Formentera also experienced problems.
Three people were injured when rocks smashed into the four-star Vibra Tropical Garden Apartments, a short walk from Figueretas beach in Ibiza Town.
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