20 Jan, 2024 @ 12:09
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Sunbathers and SWIMMERS flock to the beaches of Spain’s Costa del Sol as temperatures surpass 20C – in bad news for hopes of improving drought conditions

BEACHGOERS were spotted taking in the sun along the Costa del Sol on Saturday.

Temperatures in the likes of Marbella soared past 20C, in yet another bout of unseasonable weather.

People were even spotted swimming and paddle boarding in the sea – a site not typically seen this far into January. 

Sunbathers and paddle boarders spotted from Marbella beach on Saturday (COPYRIGHT OLIVE PRESS SPAIN)

It comes after Andalucia president Juanma Moreno this week warned that the region needs the equivalent of 30 continuous days of rain.

Moreno said there will very likely be water cuts in the coming weeks amid the ongoing drought ravaging much of the country.

While storms Irene and Juan brought some rainfall during the week, the downpours were ‘generally weak’ and short lived, according to weather agency AEMET. 

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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