15 Aug, 2024 @ 11:12
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Red weather alert in Spain: Severe storms and rain to hit Mallorca today as ‘DANA’ wreaks havoc

SPAIN has issued a red weather alert for Mallorca as severe storms and rainfall batter the island today.

It comes as a so-called DANA weather front rolls over the Balearic Islands after leaving storms and heavy rain in the north-east of the mainland earlier this week.

The red alert by weather agency AEMET is in effect until at least 3pm on Thursday.

It is the highest warning level possible and means there is a serious risk to life.

The affected areas could see up to 180mm of rain fall over just a few hours.

The red alert is in force for the north and north east of Mallorca, including Arta, Pollenca and Sa Pobla.

Meanwhile the rest of the entire island is on orange-level alert for the same freak weather.

The entirety of Ibiza is also on an orange alert for storms and rain.

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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