Laurence Dollimore
A WEATHER alert for Malaga and the Costa del Sol has been upgraded to orange.
The warning from state weather agency Aemet was changed on Monday afternoon.
It states that heavy rainfall will cause a significant risk to life on Wednesday with up to 100mm/m2 falling over a 12-hour period.
The Axarquia region is on the same warning after also being upgraded from a yellow to orange alert.
The warning is in place from 3am on Wednesday until 11.59pm, promising almost 24 hours of heavy rainfall.
It comes as yet another DANA is set to roll into Spain this week.
The high area of isolated depression is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Valencia and Malaga – the former of which is still reeling from the last deadly DANA storm which killed more than 200 people.
According to El Tiempo, the weather phenomenon will arrive from France to the northeast of the peninsula from tomorrow (Tuesday).
The hardest hit areas will be between Cataluña, the Balearic Islands and the northern half of the Valencia region.
El Tiempo added: “Strong accumulations are also expected in the south along the Mediterranean coast of Andalucia, although also in areas of the Ebro valley and the eastern Cantabrian Sea…
“With the entry of the DANA from the northeast, the entry of colder air is also expected from Tuesday, which will mean that we will see some capitals reaching maximum temperatures in the single digits.
“With the drop in temperature, we will also see good accumulation in some mountain areas, since the snow level will be around 1,000 meters both in the north and in areas of the center of the peninsula.”
It comes as state weather agency Aemet has issued a series of alerts for heavy rainfall.
On Tuesday, Castellon in Valencia, and Tarragona and Barcelona, in Cataluña, are on a yellow-level warning for rain, with up to 20mm falling per square metre per hour.
Meanwhile, the whole of Ibiza and parts of Mallorca, including Palma, will be on a more serious orange alert, with up to 40mm/m2 of rain in an hour.
