21 Jan, 2020 @ 15:06
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‘MALAGA MONSOON’: Heavy rainfall for Spain’s Costa del Sol as weather alert issued for THREE DAYS

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WEATHER agency AEMET has placed Malaga province on yellow alert for heavy rainfall. 

The warning is in place until at least Thursday with downpours bringing up to 20 litres of rainfall per square metre in just one hour.

The most affected areas will be the Costa del Sol, Guadalhorce Valley and Malaga city.

Conditions will remain overcast while the rainfall will be almost constant and occasionally accompanied by storms, particularly along the coast.

Snow is expected to fall in areas 1,200 metres above sea level.

The highest possible temperatures will be in Velez-Malaga at around 16C, with Marbella just behind on 15C.

Local weather expert Jose Luis Escudero described the rainfall as the ‘Malaga monsoon’.

He predicted that up to 70 litres per square metre of rainfall could hit the Guadalhorce Valley over the three days.

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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