9 Mar, 2025 @ 13:55
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Storm Jana latest in Spain: Man missing in Murcia, snow in Madrid and Costa del Sol on alert for rain

STORM Jana is still being felt across Spain today with multiple areas on alert for heavy rain and snow.

In Murcia, authorities are desperately searching for a man who was last seen ‘shouting for help’ in the Segura River on Saturday.

In Andalucia, state weather agency Aemet has issued several yellow alerts for heavy rain.

The areas include the majority of Sevilla province, the entire Costa del Sol, Ronda, Cadiz province and the coast of Huelva.

The alerts are in place until 11.59pm tonight, with up to 40mm of rain forecast to fall over a 12-hour period.

In Granada, a yellow warning is in place for heavy snow in the Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada, with up to 5cm of the white stuff to fall over 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the A-397 road connecting Ronda with San Pedro de Alcantara (Marbella) remains closed off due to yesterday’s landslide (pictured above left) – and it could take nine months to clear and repair.

A total of five roads have been closed in Madrid, another four in Andalucia and two in Extremadura.

In Guadalajara, the Zarzuela de Jadraque bridge has been broken in half due to a surge in the river flow.

Many streams have overflown across Spain, including the Jarama and Guadarrama rivers in Madrid, plus the Llobregat, Congost, Besos and Ter rivers in Cataluña.

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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