{"id":244836,"date":"2026-01-18T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/244836\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:01:06","slug":"severe-gale-and-thunderstorms-set-to-hit-malta-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/244836\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Gale And Thunderstorms Set to Hit Malta This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"351\">Malta is bracing for serious weather starting this afternoon as strong ESE winds pick up, with gale-force gusts expected from late Monday morning into Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"651\">Peak gusts could reach a staggering 100 km\/h (Force 10\u201311) overnight between Monday and Tuesday, bringing very rough seas. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"651\">Waves could hit up to 11 metres, putting exposed eastern and southeastern coastal areas like Marsascala, Marsaxlokk, and Xg\u0127ajra at risk of major damage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"834\">On Tuesday, a cold front from Africa will sweep over the islands, bringing thundery rain showers, possibly heavy, with hail.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"971\">Key Advice: Stay indoors, secure loose items, avoid coastal areas, and be prepared for disrupted transport and rough seas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1037\">Malta, it looks like stormy times ahead, literally.<\/p>\n<p>Share with your household!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malta is bracing for serious weather starting this afternoon as strong ESE winds pick up, with gale-force gusts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-244836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}