10 Oct, 2018 @ 18:27
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Orange alert for rainfall in Mallorca as residents still recovering from deadly flashfloods

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AN orange alert for rainfall has been issued in Mallorca.

Spain’s weather agency AEMET has said around 40mm of rain could fall within an hour between now and midnight.

The warning is issued for the whole island.

It comes after devastating floods left at least 10 people dead on the east of the island overnight.

A child is still believed to be missing.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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