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Travel hell as Renfe passengers are forced to wait up to FIVE hours on crammed trains before departing for...
PASSENGERS travelling from Madrid to Andalucia suffered another day of travel hell after being forced to sit on trains for up to five hours...
Boy, 10, is rescued from a tree he clinged on for dear life during storms in Spain while his...
A KID whose family car was swept away by the current has been rescued after spending the whole night clinging to a tree branch...
One man drowns in a car and another in an ELEVATOR in Spain while others are missing following ‘extreme’...
THE ‘historic’ DANA storm that has spread destruction throughout the Spanish heartland has claimed a further grisly toll with the tragic deaths of two...
Will it rain in Malaga this weekend? All you need to know as Gota Fria threatens storms, strong winds...
A STORM is brewing above Spain this weekend after a summer of multiple heatwaves and record temperatures.
An area of isolated depression, known as DANA,...
‘DANA’ weather front wreaks havoc in Spain’s Murcia, Almeria and Alicante
A WEATHER front known in Spanish as a DANA has caused major flooding and damage in Murcia, Almeria and Alicante. There are also weather...
WARNING: Spain braced for heavy storms in several regions as heatwave ends with sudden temperature drop
SPAIN’S meteorological agency has warned that storms are expected to hit in several regions of the peninsula towards the end of the week when...
Weatherman warns of possible torrential rains in Spain’s Andalucia this September
MARIO Picazo, meteorologist at Weathernetwork and ElTiempo.es has forecast a final stretch of summer and the beginning of autumn with floods and heavy rainfall.
Over...
Valencian President visits Vega Baja pledging €12m for vital infrastructure work on Spain’s Costa Blanca
VEGA BAJA welcomed Valencian president Ximo Puig yesterday, May 2, as he came to announce some big spending plans.
After the limitations exposed by, and...
After more than two years, “essential” cash arrives for flood protection schemes in Vega Baja area of Spain’s Costa...
SOME €16 million for dozens of flood defence projects in Vega Baja has finally arrived with local authorities in the area.
Plans approved for all...
Flood prevention committee visits the last of all 27 municipalities in devastated Vega Baja on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FORMENTERA DEL SEGURA became the last of the 27 municipalities in the flood-hit Vega Baja region to be assessed.
The town has received almost half...
EXPLAINER: On second anniversary of killer floods on Spain’s Costa Blanca, we explain the gota fria and how to...
FRIDAY 13th September 2019 was quite a remarkable date for the people of Costa Blanca South.
A weather storm and the subsequent flooding caused millions...
“The fear continues” two years after fatal storms through lack of investment, admits local mayor on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ON THE second anniversary of the gota fria that killed seven people, destroyed property and devastated thousands of lives in Spain, one local mayor...
Global warming alert in Spain’s Malaga as maximum temperatures rise 3C in 60 years
MAXIMUM temperature readings in Malaga are on average 3C higher than they were 60 years ago, weather experts say.
The rate of warming in Malaga...
New €680k flood prevention system planned for popular expat area on Spain’s Orihuela Costa
VILLAMARTIN is to get a new rain collector as part of a €680,000 sewerage renovation in the area.
Problems with the current collector that runs...
Sports centre reopens on Spain’s Costa Blanca despite lack of emergency funds coming from regional government
ORIHUELA City Council made their feelings known when he visited the nearly-completed Municipal Sports Center of The Espeñetas this week.
The refurbishment costs of €280,000...
Flood-ravaged city on Spain’s Costa Blanca produces 1300 page report on gota fria weighing over 4 kilos
ORIHUELA City Council has produced a two-volume book, packed with reports and recommendations following the devastating gota fria and floods of 2019.
The city’s mayor,...
Promenade repairs to start after delays at popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA COSTA is seeing long-awaited repair work start today(January 11) at the Paseo de La Glea in Campoamur.
Officials from the council oversaw the first...
Two solar power farms may be scrapped in Spain’s Vega Baja as area now classed as flood plain
TWO huge solar power farms planned for Spain’s Vega Baja region are now in doubt because of a combination of bad timing and poor...
ONE YEAR ON: ‘Heroes’ of 2019 floods remembered with commemorative plaque on Spain’s Costa Blanca
The town hall of Almoradi, which was massively hit by the storms and subsequent flooding over the weekend of September 14 and 15 last year, unveiled a plaque at its ‘ground zero’
‘We are STILL in fear’ admits mayor on anniversary of floods that killed seven on Spain’s Costa Blanca
NOTHING is in place to stop a repeat of the devastating floods that happened this weekend, exactly a year ago.
That’s the verdict of a...
City in Spain’s Costa Blanca receives over €2m for flood relief, but mayor keeps the news to himself
ORIHUELA City Council was told it would get over €2 million to alleviate the damage caused by the floods of September 2019, but the...
Town asks locals for pictures and videos as flood anniversary approaches in Spain’s Costa Blanca
REDOVAN council is preparing a video for the anniversary of the devastating Gota Fria and floods that killed seven people and tore into the...
National flood congress to be held in Spain’s Costa Blanca, on anniversary of 2019’s devastating gota fria
ORIHUELA is to host Spain’s National Flood Congress with dozens of experts looking for preventative measures against flash storms and the subsequent devastation.
The two...
Plans made to raise N-332 coastal road on Spain’s Costa Blanca following complaints over flood risks
A PROPOSITION to discuss raising the busy N-332 coastal road in the southern Costa Blanca has been approved by Spain's agriculture, livestock and fisheries...
Hailstorms this spring devastate grape, orange and pomegranate crops by 40% in Spain’s Costa Blanca
DOWNPOURS across Spain’s Costa Blanca this spring have devastated crops by up to 40%, according to recent figures out this week.
Throughout May and into...
Policia Local from Dolores, Alicante, to be awarded medals for rescuing 638 people during last September’s gota fria
Policia Local in one of the worst-hit areas by last September’s gota fria will be awarded for their service.
Dolores, in the heart of Vega...
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