2 Feb, 2025 @ 21:48
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Weather warning is issued for Spain’s Costa del Sol ahead of severe rain, storms and HAIL

A WEATHER warning has been issued for parts of Malaga on Monday, including the Costa del Sol.

According to state weather agency AEMET, up to 25mm of rain could fall in the space of an hour.

These showers may be accompanied by storms and even hail in some inland areas.

AEMET has issued a yellow weather warning for a majority of the Costa del Sol, between Sotogrande and Malaga city.

The areas affected include the holiday hotspots of Marbella, Estepona, Benalmadena and Torremolinos.

The Cadiz coastline between Barbate and San Roque is also under the same alert, which is in place from midnight tonight until 9pm on Monday.

Ronda is also under the same yellow alert, with experts warning of up to 70mm of rainfall over 12 hours.

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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