2 Apr, 2020 @ 15:22
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WATCH: Hail batters Spain’s Costa del Sol as SNOW blankets parts of Malaga

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THIS is the moment a freak hailstorm battered the Costa del Sol this afternoon. 

The clip shows large hail stones falling in San Pedro de Alcantara in Marbella.

The weather phenomenon, reported along the coast, including Mijas, was accompanied by loud thunder.

It comes as snow has also blanketed areas of around 900 metres above sea level in El Torcal, the Serrania de Ronda, Axarquia and elsewhere.

Up to nine centimetres has fallen in these areas, according to weather agency AEMET.

Expert Jose Luis Escudero told Diario Sur: “We had such a dry winter that sooner or later it had to rain.”

After two weeks of rain, tomorrow is expected to bring a day of sun and clear skies with a dry weekend to follow.

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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