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Costa del Sol to welcome spring storms and showers after weeks of oppressive heat
THE Costa del Sol is finally getting a break from the unseasonal heat and dry spell that has plagued the region for several weeks.
The...
Spain battered by first winter storms of 2023 which are due to last until Friday
SWATHES of Spain have battened down the hatches as storms Fien and Gerard has swept the country bringing strong winds, heavy snow, rain and...
Spain at worst risk of climate-related home damage, new study finds
DROUGHTS, flash floods, forest fires, torrential rain… This year has seen a series of extreme weather events not just in Spain, but in many...
Madrid brought to a standstill as heavy rain floods Metro system, causes traffic jams and halts trains
A DAY of sustained rainfall in Madrid caused travel chaos on Wednesday evening, including severe flooding in the Metro de Madrid underground rail system.
Around...
Bad weather from Storm Efrain kills one in Spain’s Salamanca province, sweeps away road in Extremadura
TORRENTIAL rain in Spain’s Extremadura region from Storm Efrain caused chaos on Tuesday, sweeping away part of a road in Caceres province due to...
Balearic Islands: Stunning marine tornadoes spotted off Mallorca beach
WATCH: A spectacular natural phenomenon has occurred off the coast of Mallorca, and it's been captured on camera.
An impressive multiple waterspout phenomenon off the...
Benidorm floods: Weather warning for Costa Blanca’s Valencia, Alicante
More ferocious storms have been forecast to smash the Costa Blanca, right after cleanup efforts only just started to clear damage from the last...
Spain’s Met Office issues yellow alert for heavy rain in parts of Malaga
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...
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...
Storms form dramatic ‘tornado-like’ waterspout off southern Costa Blanca in Spain
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...
Jellyfish and dead dolphins washed up as beaches bereft of sand threaten Easter tourism on Spain’s Costa Blanca
RECENT STORMS smashing into Costa Blanca have caused sufficient damage to threaten the pending Easter break for the hospitality industry.
With awful timing, it is...
Storm Celia scoops up Saharan dust turning skies yellow in Spain’s Costa Blanca
SKIES around the Costa Blanca turned yellow on Monday afternoon due to Saharan dust being brought in by Storm Celia.
Dramatic weather conditions are expected...
Spain’s weather sees snow and frost as temperatures plunge across the country
THE first storm of the season has hit its peak in Spain as a DANA (islolated high level depression) swept across the north of the peninsula...
WATCH: Wintry weather hits Spain’s Costa Blanca with snow, hail, and a mini-tornado
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...
Balearic Islands braced for stormy weather as temperatures plummet across Spain
WEATHER warnings have been issued across the Balearic Islands as strong winds and torrential rain are predicted.
Bad weather is to be expected from Wednesday...
End of summer: Balmy October temperatures come to an end across Spain
MUCH of south and central Spain has enjoyed an extended veranillo de San Miguel - balmy temperatures that last into September and October -...
WATCH: Storms hit southern Spain causing floods that turn streets into rivers
STORMS hit parts of Extremadura and Andalucia on Thursday bringing torrential rain and flooding that swept away cars and caused huge damage to property.
The...
Torrential rain causes severe flooding in Spain’s Mallorca
A STORM has already caused severe flooding, particularly in the North of the island, and cut-off roads.
Fire crews, police and volunteers have been working...
CATS AND DOGS: Even stronger storms predicted for Spain’s Castellon this week
STILL more bad weather news for Castellon.
The province has been hit by fierce thunderstorms and downpours for over a week now, but predictions suggest...
Spain’s Castellon flooded out by severe thunderstorms twice in one week
CASTELLON is once again being hit by severe storms, just days after part of a residential block in Peñiscola collapsed killing a teenager when...
Spain’s Castellon flooded out by freak summer storms
CASTELLON Province suffered a freak storm this week that caused severe flooding and triggered hailstone warnings in many areas.
Peñiscola was the worst hit, witnessing...
SOGGY JUNE: Strong end-of-spring storms whip Castellon area of Spain
FIERCE – and somewhat unexpected – storms hit Castellon Province yesterday (Thursday June 18).
The fire department was called out to rescue an elderly and...
Dozens of people trapped in Malaga floods after overnight downpour while huge lightning strike cuts off power to police...
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DOZENS of residents are reportedly trapped in Cartama following the downpour which began at midnight last night.
The area is now being flooded after the...
British family in ‘nightmarish’ limbo as insurance assessors still to evaluate ruined home three weeks after catastrophic floods
A BRITISH couple who lost ‘everything’ in their Vega Baja villa during last month’s devastating floods are STILL in limbo as insurance assessors are...
Councillor says Costa Blanca floods were a ‘humanitarian crisis’ largely ignored by world media
A BRITISH councillor has called the gota fría catastrophe ‘a humanitarian crisis’ largely ignored from international media.
Darren Parmenter, British San Fulgencio Councillor for International...
Unions representing 50,000 farmers accuse Segura river management body of ‘criminal negligence’ over devastating gota fría floods
UNIONS representing 50,000 of the nation’s farmers met last Friday with Mireia Mollá, the Regional Minister of Agriculture to accuse the organisation managing the...
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