25 Oct, 2024 @ 07:00
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Weather warnings for hail, rain and storms across major holiday hotspots in Spain this weekend – including Barcelona, Alicante, Ibiza and Mallorca

HOLIDAYMAKERS heading to eastern Spain or the Balearics this weekend may need to pack a brolly.

Large swathes of the eastern coast, plus Ibiza and Mallorca, have been placed on alert for strong rainfall, storms and ‘probable hail’.

The yellow-level alerts have been issued by state weather agency Aemet from 12am on Saturday.

On Mallorca and Ibiza, the warning is in place until 3pm, with up to 25mm of rain falling per hour.

Meanwhile, along the entire coast of Valencia and the northern half of Alicante, the warning is in place until 12pm, with up to 20mm of rain falling per hour.

Map of weather warnings issued by Aemet for Saturday
Map of weather alerts for today (Friday)

The entire coast of Castellon, above Valencia, plus Barcelona and Tarragona are also on alert for rain, storms and hail until 12pm on Saturday.

For Barcelona and Tarragona, the alert is in place from 9pm tonight (Friday), with up to 25mm of rain to fall per hour.

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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