13 Adlib Ibiza labels take the runway in Madrid

Today's essentials (5 key points)

• Adlib Ibiza took part in Madrid's OMODA Madrid es Moda showcase, presenting 13 of its labels at the Museo del Traje.
• A 67-year-old woman drowned in the street in Felanitx after collapsing during a torrential downpour, according to Menorca (Es Diari) and Diario de Ibiza.
• Wednesday's storm dropped nearly 50 litres of rain per square metre in some municipalities while Ibiza escaped the orange warning, per Periódico de Ibiza.
• Left-wing groups in the Balearic Parliament filed an amendment to let nurses run the region's health centres, reports Diario de Mallorca.
• Fibwi Mallorca presented three new signings and face Bàsquet Menorca in a pre-season derby on Thursday 10 September at 18:30, according to Ultima Hora.

Today's essentials

13 Adlib Ibiza labels take the runway in Madrid. Adlib Ibiza brought 13 of its labels to a catwalk and exhibition at the Museo del Traje in Madrid on Tuesday 8 September 2026, its fourth appearance at OMODA Madrid es Moda, according to Periódico de Ibiza.

Weather today

Storms and hail across the islands. Thunderstorms and hail hit the Balearic Islands on Wednesday 9 September, with highs ranging from 28°C in Palma to 30°C on Eivissa, Open-Meteo forecasts.

In Palma the forecast runs from a low of 23°C to a high of 28°C, with thunderstorms, hail and an 80% chance of rain; gusts reach 28 km/h. Keep waterproofs to hand, avoid open ground during the storms and don't count on a dry commute.

The rest of Mallorca, around Calvià, sits between 21°C and 29°C with thunderstorms and a 95% chance of rain, though the wind stays lighter at up to 18 km/h. On the other islands, Eivissa spans 22°C to 30°C under overcast skies with just a 23% chance of rain but the strongest gusts, up to 32 km/h, so the wettest weather is over Mallorca while Ibiza mainly deals with the wind.

Transport & traffic

• Row over the Costas dismissal. According to Menorca (Es Diari), the Balearic minister for the sea and water cycle, Juan Manuel Lafuente, denied on Wednesday that any external pressure lay behind the dismissal of Maria Joaquina Ferrer, former director of Costas y Litoral, while the PSIB spoke of influence-peddling. The dispute matters because Costas y Litoral rules on coastal permits and shoreline protection across the islands, the office that decides what can be built or operated near the beaches residents use. Lafuente's account and the opposition's talk of tráfico de influencias point to a political fight over who steers those decisions, so how it is settled could shape coastal management in the months ahead.
• Ibiza spared the worst of the storm. Ibiza has so far avoided the orange weather warning hitting other parts of the Balearic Islands, where Wednesday's storm, Periódico de Ibiza reports, produced intense lightning and dropped almost 50 litres of rain per square metre in some municipalities. For residents that means sharply different conditions across the archipelago on the same day: a real flooding and lightning risk on the hardest-hit islands, and calmer skies over Ibiza for the moment. If you are moving between islands or driving on Wednesday, check for flooded roads and disrupted ferry crossings before you set off, because the heaviest cells have already piled up significant rainfall totals.

What's changing for you

• Where to find a good menú del día in Palma. On Reddit's r/mallorca, newcomers keep asking the same thing: where to eat well and cheaply in Palma, and the menú del día is one of the easiest answers. The menú del día is a fixed-price weekday lunch, usually a starter, a main, bread, a drink and a dessert or coffee, served by most neighbourhood restaurants around midday. It is your best bet for quality at a fair price when you have just arrived, and many places also do it to take away, so it is worth asking at the bars on your own street rather than heading straight for the tourist strips.

Local news to know

• Woman dies in Felanitx downpour. A 67-year-old woman drowned after falling in the street during a violent downpour on Calle Bellpuig in Felanitx, Mallorca, with the Guardia Civil's judicial police now leading the investigation and a coroner sent to the scene, according to Menorca (Es Diari) and Diario de Ibiza.
• New Vox organisation chief in the islands. Diario de Mallorca, Ultima Hora and Menorca (Es Diari) report that Sergio Rodríguez, a member of the Balearic Parliament, is replacing María Vidal as Vox's head of territorial organisation in the Balearic Islands and joining the party's provincial executive committee.
• Fibwi Mallorca unveil three signings. Fibwi Mallorca have officially presented three new players, Kande, Huguet and Moncanut, ahead of a pre-season derby against Bàsquet Menorca on Thursday 10 September at 18:30, according to Ultima Hora.
• Farm fire in Montecristo, Ibiza. Diario de Ibiza, citing the island's Consell, reports that an agricultural fire broke out at 14:30 on Wednesday in Montecristo, Ibiza, burning between 5,000 and 6,000 square metres and damaging a van and part of a house.

Tonight and tomorrow, the Balearic Islands

• Binissalem's harvest festival tours Palma. The delegation of Binissalem's 60th Festa des Vermar toured Palma's institutions on Wednesday to promote the wine-harvest festival, one of Mallorca's best-known autumn celebrations, according to Ultima Hora.

See the full agenda, tonight and tomorrow