Natural phenomena fascinate people: a solar eclipse scheduled for next August has everyone captivated, for months. Others are not so entertaining: an earthquake, in the early morning of May 15, 1851, caused damage to houses and churches in Mallorca and generated panic among the citizens of Palma, who fled to improvised shelters. We recall this episode as the 175th anniversary of the scare is celebrated.

The Eivissa City Council has sent the Balearic Government Delegation an updated report on the damage caused by storms Alice and Ex Gabrielle (so called because it was originally a tropical cyclone called Gabrielle), which raises its economic valuation to almost 29 million euros.