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Storms form dramatic ‘tornado-like’ waterspout off southern Costa Blanca in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 20 Apr, 2022 @ 16:55

A heady meteorological cocktail of hail, rain, and storms produced a tornado-like waterspout off the southern Costa Blanca on Wednesday morning. The waterspout appeared at...

Costa Blanca

WATCH: Wintry weather hits Spain’s Costa Blanca with snow, hail, and a mini-tornado

Alex Trelinski - 23 Nov, 2021 @ 11:47

HAILSTORMS and a mini-tornado hit parts of the southern Costa Blanca overnight as temperatures dipped. Alicante streets were coated white through hail but the effect...

Alicante

Storms damage grape harvest

Elena Gocmen Rueda - 28 Jul, 2021 @ 15:37

A BIG storm has once again damaged the grape harvest for the Valencia region. The heavy rainfall, coupled with hail, has affected the Medio Vinalopo...

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IN VIDEOS: Severe hail on Spain’s Costa del Sol leaves beaches WHITE and ice rivers flowing through streets as...

Laurence Dollimore - 23 Jan, 2020 @ 11:46

https://twitter.com/LuisSouviron/status/1220256903550423041 THE beaches of Malaga were left covered in a white coating this morning following hail storms. Twitter users uploaded videos from the early hours of...

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Uber’s NEW electric scooter service hits Spain with rides for as little as €0.12

Charlie Smith - 10 Apr, 2019 @ 11:48

Unlocking costs €1, and the charge is then €0.12 per minute, but with the first 10 minutes free for the first month

Environment

WATCH: Storm, hail and rain turn streets of Nerja into rivers

Staff Reporter - 2 Oct, 2018 @ 12:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibiQzBEzqc4 NERJA was hit by a surprise onsalught of rain and hail yesterday which turned the streets into rivers. In just 15 minutes, 15 litres of...

Environment

Huge hailstones ‘kill sheep’ and damage cars in Spain

Laurence Dollimore - 18 Jul, 2017 @ 18:45

THIS is the moment giant hail stones battered Spain during a savage summer storm. Lumps of ice the size of golf balls hammered down during...

National News

Circus worker faces police investigation after leaving his bear in a hailstorm while he went to the pub

Rob Horgan - 16 Sep, 2014 @ 15:51

A man could be in trouble after leaving his bear tied up outside a pub in Carcer, near Valencia

Almeria

Hail hell

Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) - 13 Dec, 2013 @ 06:30

More than 300 people protested in Almunecar in support of local farmers affected by a hailstorm in August

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