SPAIN’S wintery cold snap is set to get even chillier with temperatures forecast to plummet below zero across the peninsular.
A rare red alert has even been issued for a region in central Spain where the mercury is set to plunge to a bone-shaking -14C.
Parameras de Molina, located in the northeast of Guadalajara province and part of the so-called ‘Ice Triangle’ that covers swathes of Aragon and Castilla-La Mancha, will be under a red warning for low temperatures until tomorrow morning.
The area is famed for its cold winters thanks to its altitude and inland location, with the local municipality of Molina de Aragon recording Spain’s third-lowest ever temperature of -28.2C.
In nearby Guadalajara, Avila, Segovia, Cuenca, overnight temperatures could dip to around -6C.
An orange alert is in place near the Pyrenees – covering Lleida and portions of Girona – for low temperatures and bitter wind gusts surpassing 80km/h.
An orange weather warning has also been activated for Navarra where around 5cm of snow could fall in just 24 hours.
Further south, temperatures are also set to fall below freezing in inland Valencia, Murcia, Alicante, Ciudad Real and large swathes of northern Andalucia.
The deep freeze comes just days after the Costa del Sol was battered by heavy rainfall brought by Storm Francis, triggering floods and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
In the province of Cadiz, the regional government ordered the evacuation of around 470 homes located downstream of the Guadarranque reservoir amid fears of flooding.
In some areas, around 200mm of rain fell, leading to rivers bursting and even bridges collapsing.
That spell of stormy weather came just one week after three people died on the Costa del Sol while trying to cross swollen rivers.
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