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Orange weather alert activated in Spain’s Malaga as 91 litres of rain per square metre dumped in parts of...

Cristina Hodgson - 8 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

SPAIN’S Met Office. AEMET, has raised the severe weather warning to Orange for parts of Malaga province. The orange weather alert, a caution against extremely...

Heavy rain forecast in Spain’s Andalucia during ´Puente de Diciembre´ with up to 200 litres per square metre expected

Cristina Hodgson - 6 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

ANDALUCIA faces the two festive days this week, ‘The Constitution’ today Tuesday, December 6 and ‘The Immaculate Conception’ Thursday, December 8, with persistent and...

Malaga

Yellow alert for heavy rain on Spain’s Costa del Sol this Monday

Cristina Hodgson - 5 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

SPAIN’S Met Office, AEMET, has activated a yellow severe weather warning for rain in the province of Malaga, specifically on the western coast and...

Weather

Spain’s Met Office issues yellow alert for heavy rain in parts of Malaga

Cristina Hodgson - 21 Sep, 2022 @ 08:45

A YELLOW weather warning has been issued by the SPANISH Met Office, AEMET, across parts of Malaga due to intense storms. AEMET has activated the...

Olive farmers in Spain's Valencia area may forget harvest as picking and olive oil production costs soar

Costa Blanca

Olive farmers in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas set to forget harvest as production costs soar

Alex Trelinski - 16 Aug, 2022 @ 17:42

OLIVE farmers in the Valencian Community may forget this year's harvest as the costs of olive-picking and making olive oil are too high. Extreme weather...

Mar Menor

Dead fish return to Mar Menor lagoon shore as gloomy predictions become reality in Spain’s Murcia region

Alex Trelinski - 18 May, 2022 @ 16:30

PREDICTIONS that heavy rainfalls earlier this year would kill more marine life in the Mar Menor lagoon have come true. Around 250 small dead fish...

Weather

Weather warnings issued for torrential rain in Spain’s Malaga

Cristina Hodgson - 23 Mar, 2022 @ 08:00

MALAGA is back under alert for severe weather conditions. As of yesterday, Tuesday March 22, the Spanish Met office, AEMET, placed Malaga province, specifically the...

Costa Blanca

Firstly Covid-19 and now bad weather cancels famous St. Patrick’s Day parade on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Alex Trelinski - 16 Mar, 2022 @ 16:30

THE famous St. Patrick's Day parade on the Cabo Roig strip scheduled for Thursday has been cancelled for the third successive year. A poor weather...

Alicante

Alicante and the Costa Blanca area of Spain get a real wet lashing in May record

Alex Trelinski - 24 May, 2021 @ 13:30

ALICANTE City yesterday(May 23) suffered its wettest day in May for 74 years. The State Meteorological Agency(AEMET) said that rainfall reached 53.8 litres per square...

Benidorm

HEAVY RAIN alert for Benidorm and Spain’s northern Costa Blanca region

Alex Trelinski - 17 Mar, 2021 @ 18:50

SPAIN'S State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued a yellow warning of heavy showers hitting the northern Costa Blanca from 3.00 am tomorrow morning(March 18). The...

Costa Blanca

Storms predicted to give Spain’s Costa Blanca a big drenching

Alex Trelinski - 25 Nov, 2020 @ 20:00

HEAVY rain is set to hit the Costa Blanca tomorrow(Thursday) with a yellow alert issued for coastal areas for Friday. Forecasters have predicted widespread downpours,...

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WEATHER ALERT: Yellow warning for rain and storms in parts of Spain’s Malaga

Cristina Hodgson - 11 Aug, 2020 @ 10:46

Stormy showers are predicted to hit parts of Andalucia throughout the day

Lead

WEATHER WARNING: Andalucia to remain on yellow alert over the weekend

Elisa Menendez - 19 Oct, 2018 @ 14:34

ANDALUCIA is set for yet more dangerous heavy showers this weekend, as AEMET issues further weather alerts. The national met office has activated a yellow...

Environment

Flooding and injuries as ‘worst storm of the year’ wreaks havoc in Spain

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 11 Mar, 2018 @ 12:18

Serious flooding and wind alerts in place for Sunday

Cadiz

Weather warnings in place across Andalucia

James Bryce - 25 Oct, 2012 @ 15:29

Heavy rain is affecting Malaga and Cadiz provinces, just weeks after heavy flooding in the region

Massacre

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 25 Feb, 2010 @ 11:04

Horses were killed in floods in Alhaurin de la Torre last week but there was some good news as a daring rescue mission took place

Cadiz

Further flooding as Spanish rainfall reaches record books

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Dec, 2009 @ 11:40

Record rainfall in Andalucia leaves reservoirs up 20 per cent on last year. Here, heavy rain in Jerez caused the River Guadalete to flood thousands of homes

Cadiz

Record rainfall sees worst floods since 1940s

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 24 Dec, 2009 @ 16:50

Some of heaviest rain on record leads to flood chaos in Andalucia. Here, a submerged house in Jimera de Libar, near Ronda. Picture Karl Smallman.

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Alberto Lejarraga - 8 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

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