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Weather turnaround in Spain’s Malaga: Much-needed rain and storms to hit the province this weekend – including on the Costa del Sol

THE weather forecast in Malaga has made a dramatic turnaround with experts declaring a 100% chance of rain this weekend. According to weather agency AEMET,

6 Jun, 2024 @ 17:24

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Travel hell as Renfe passengers are forced to wait up to FIVE hours on crammed trains before departing for Spain’s Costa del Sol following weekend of heavy rain

PASSENGERS travelling from Madrid to Andalucia suffered another day of travel hell after being forced to sit on trains for up to five hours before

5 Sep, 2023 @ 13:32

Andalucia·Lead·Madrid·Must Read·Travel News·Weather

Boy, 10, is rescued from a tree he clinged on for dear life during storms in Spain while his father remains missing

A KID whose family car was swept away by the current has been rescued after spending the whole night clinging to a tree branch near

4 Sep, 2023 @ 16:59

Lead·Madrid·Weather

Torrential rains, flooding, cars, En Recas (Toledo) Comarca de la Sagra

One man drowns in a car and another in an ELEVATOR in Spain while others are missing following ‘extreme’ rainfall

THE ‘historic’ DANA storm that has spread destruction throughout the Spanish heartland has claimed a further grisly toll with the tragic deaths of two men

4 Sep, 2023 @ 12:49

Lead·Madrid·Weather

Yellow alert issued for rain and storms this Thursday in Valencia region

Will it rain in Malaga this weekend? All you need to know as Gota Fria threatens storms, strong winds and hail across Spain

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,

1 Sep, 2023 @ 13:49

Lead·Malaga

How March's heavy rain in Spain helped inflation rate to big fall

‘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 warnings

23 May, 2023 @ 17:00

Lead·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 temperatures

9 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Weather

Cold snap will bring rain and snow to Spain this weekend: Storm will blow in from Greenland - these are the affected areas

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

31 Jul, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga·Weather

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

3 May, 2022 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Disastrous floods of 2019 in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain caused €2.3 billion of damage

After more than two years, “essential” cash arrives for flood protection schemes in Vega Baja area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

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

4 Jan, 2022 @ 10:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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

27 Oct, 2021 @ 13:25

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

EXPLAINER: On second anniversary of killer floods on Spain’s Costa Blanca, we explain the gota fria and how to stay safe

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

14 Sep, 2021 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

“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 admits

14 Sep, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain faces more extreme heat with highs of 44C forecast - these are the at-risk areas

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

26 Jul, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Weather

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

18 Jul, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

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

19 Feb, 2021 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport

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,

12 Feb, 2021 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

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

11 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

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 communication.

21 Sep, 2020 @ 12:51

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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,

14 Sep, 2020 @ 23:04

Costa Blanca

‘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

12 Sep, 2020 @ 15:25

Costa Blanca·Lead

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 mayor

16 Aug, 2020 @ 19:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

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 fabric

12 Aug, 2020 @ 16:22

Costa Blanca

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

1 Aug, 2020 @ 16:23

Costa Blanca·Lead

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 commission.

2 Jul, 2020 @ 11:39

Costa Blanca·Lead

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

18 Jun, 2020 @ 12:55

Costa Blanca·Environment

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