Drone by Drone has made aerial recordings using drones or UAS for the EITB information services during this morning on the Biscayan coast, due to the orange alert due to waves and coastal phenomena due to the approach of the Storm Patricia to our coasts.
The Bilbao drone operating company has made aerial video recordings by means of unmanned aircraft to capture the impact of the storm in the small town of Armintza, with high-altitude waves due to the maritime storm. The Armintza buoy has come to measure waves of up to 8.5m in open water.
In fact, practically all of the beaches in Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa wave the red flag prohibiting bathing.
The Basque Government Security Department has issued an orange alert for sailing due to waves of up to 4 meters for today on the coast of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa. In addition, it has established three other coastal maritime risk warnings until Friday. There is also a risk of intense rainfall in Gipuzkoa and northern Navarra, for which reason yellow warnings will be activated.
With harsh wind conditions and strong waves, as well as intermittent showers, drones become useful and flexible tools to capture this type of meteorological phenomenon, due to its spectacular nature, or even deal with a possible emergency in inaccessible areas.
