3 Sep, 2023 @ 17:58
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WATCH: Moment emergency texts are sent to phones in Spain as streets are turned into rapids amid ‘extreme’ rainfall: La Liga clash cancelled while flights are delayed

RESIDENTS suffering the worst of the ongoing extreme weather in Spain have revealed the moment they received emergency texts from their regional governments.

Madrid and Valencia are among the autonomous communities to trial the alert system, which is sent to all mobile phones in areas most at risk from rainfall, storms and hail.

In videos shared online, phones can be heard making a loud alarm sound as a message warning them of weather alerts in place flashes up on the screen.

Much of Spain is experiencing heavy rainfall and stormy conditions today due to an area of high depression known as a DANA.

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Madrid and Toledo are on red alert, the highest possible, due to the high volume of rainfall expected.

Videos emerging from both regions show streets turned into rapids, as large dumpster bins are carried down stream while bashing into cars.

It comes amid reports of delays to flights in the Balearics due to the harsh weather conditions.

Ibiza is on orange alert, the second highest, while much of Mallorca is on yellow alert.

The scheduled La Liga match between Atletico Madrid and Sevilla FC had to be suspended due to the rain.

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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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