21 Jan, 2019 @ 14:59
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WARNING: Orange alerts for SNOW, wind and strong waves across Spain and Andalucia this week

SPAIN’S weather agency AEMET has issued yellow and orange warnings for wind, rain, snow and strong waves this week. 

The temperature drop will continue tomorrow with yellow warnings for snow in Granada and warnings of low temperatures in Cordoba and Alicante.

Madrid, Castilla y Leon, Asturias and other northern regions are also on alert for snow from tomorrow.

On Wednesday, the Granada and Almeria coastlines are set to be battered by strong waves and tides, with an orange alert issued.

Meanwhile Navarra, Leon and Catalunya are on orange alert for snowfall.

A cold Atlantic front is believed to be behind the mercury drop.

In total, yellow and orange alerts have been issued for the coasts of Almeria, Menorca, Mallorca, Ibiza, Formentera, Granada, La Coruña, Lugo, Gipuzkoa, Bizkaia, Girona, Melilla, Asturias and Cantabria.

The cold is set to retreat on Friday.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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