20 Jan, 2020 @ 16:00
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IN VIDEOS: Terrifying waves, destroyed beaches, burst rivers and more as Storm Gloria wreaks havoc in Spain’s Alicante and Valencia

Breaking news at The Olive Press

SOCIAL media users have been sharing dramatic footage of Storm Gloria from across eastern and central Spain today. 

It comes as some at least eight provinces were placed on red alert for extreme conditions, including snow, rough seas and wind. 

Footage from Alicante shows ports like Denia being almost underwater. 

Meanwhile beachside restaurants appear to have been heavily damaged along the Costa Blanca.

https://twitter.com/TIP_RETURNS/status/1219234878769844224

It comes as Alicante airport was forced to remain closed for the entirety of today. 

It means the country’s fifth busiest airport has now been closed since yesterday at 1pm.

Valencia and northeastern Spain have also been heavily impacted by the gota fria. 

Footage on Twitter shows river banks bursting and very rough coastal conditions in Valencia. 

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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