Yahoo News UK tourists warned as Spain issues storm alerts following devastating floods
Areas in Spain including popular holiday destinations Barcelona, Majorca and Ibiza have been put on alert for heavy rains and storms this week as a result of a new weather system similar to that which caused the devastating floods in the north east two weeks ago. Spain’s national weather agency Aemet warned that a DANA (an area of isolated high level depression) will form this week in the Mediterranean and the south of Spain causing a “drop in temperatures”.
It will move in from Wednesday, November 13 and is set to last until Saturday, November 16. The DANA will result in “heavy and persistent rainfall” in the area of the Balearic Islands and the Mediterranean coast.
A spokesperson for Aemet said: “The most likely scenario at the moment is that rainfall in the Mediterranean area will begin on Tuesday, with greater probability in the south of the Balearic archipelago, especially in the Pitiusas, without ruling out other points on the Mediterranean coast…Starting Wednesday, rainfall is likely to spread over much of the region.”
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Aemet has issued yellow and amber warnings for rain and storms covering Ibiza, Majorca, Tarragona and Barcelona for Tuesday, November 12. There are also coastal warnings in place along Valencia, Barcelona, Girona, Majorca and Menorca, with strong winds and large waves expected. On Wednesday warnings for heavy rain are in force for the Valencia and Castellon regions, as well as Ibiza, Majorca and Girona.
It comes nearly two weeks after devastating floods swept through the Valencia region and parts of north east Spain which killed more than 220 people with dozens of people still missing. The floods were caused by a DANA, where masses of warm and cold air collide leading to instability and often torrential rain and heavy storms.
Weather conditions are expected to improve by the weekend, although it still remains “uncertain”. A spokesperson for Aemet added: “It is likely that from Saturday the 16th the rainfall will begin to lose intensity in the Mediterranean area and move to the Atlantic slope, although the uncertainty about the evolution of the episode is very high.”
