23 Jan, 2020 @ 12:55
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Flights diverted from Malaga airport as orange level warning activated for Spain’s Costa del Sol

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SIX flights have had to be diverted from Malaga airport this morning as stormy conditions continue to bring rain and hail to the province. 

Four flights were forced to land in Granada while another two were diverted to Sevilla, according to an Enaire spokesman in Madrid.

The cause of the diversions, according to sources close to the control tower, is the strong storms in the approach to the runway.

The strong and constantly changing winds are also believed to be causing problems.

However, airport authorities have not issued any landing restrictions for the airport, although it will be closely monitoring how the weather evolves over the next few hours.

It comes as Malaga has been placed on orange alert for the entirety of Thursday.

Strong hail has left beaches with a white coating while inland areas have seen streets turned to icy rivers.

More to follow..

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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