22 Jan, 2020 @ 17:14
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BREAKING: Fears for young British man missing in Spain’s Ibiza as Storm Gloria batters island

Breaking news at The Olive Press

Mallorca Wave

GUARDIA Civil are searching for a young British man in Ibiza after he disappeared during Storm Gloria yesterday. 

The 25-year-old is missing from Cala Portinatx, in Sant Joan.

Police are searching both on land and by sea.

A friend is believed to have reported him missing last night.

The area, on the northern coast of Ibiza, has been battered by Storm Gloria for the past few days.

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MONSTER WAVES: Caused by Storm Glora across eastern Spain and the Balearics

Another man, 41, is also missing from the same area.

His nationality has not been revealed.

The White Isle is still on orange alert today as the storm moves north towards France.

At least eight have been killed by the weather phenomenon while another four are missing, including in Soller, Mallorca, and another in Catalunya.

Do you know the missing Brit? Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es

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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