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Alicante cuts speed limits to 30km/h as Spain’s DGT urges all cities to reduce traffic accidents

ALICANTE has joined Spain’s major cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Malaga in cutting speed limits to 30 km/h on one-way and single-carriageway streets in

25 Sep, 2019 @ 15:25

Environment·Health·Lead

Flood victims in the Vega Baja can apply for up to €4,500 emergency aid – here’s the form

VICTIMS of the Vega Baja’s worst floods for 140 years can now request emergency funds ‘up to €4,500’ from their respective Town Halls. Residents can

24 Sep, 2019 @ 14:24

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Unions representing 50,000 farmers accuse Segura river management body of ‘criminal negligence’ over devastating gota fría floods

UNIONS representing 50,000 of the nation’s farmers met last Friday with Mireia Mollá, the Regional Minister of Agriculture to accuse the organisation managing the Segura

23 Sep, 2019 @ 21:20

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

WHITE STRIPES: Albino tiger believed to be ‘one of twenty’ left in the world found locked in Alicante garden

AN ALBINO tiger locked in a cage next to the swimming pool of an Alicante residence has raised alarm bells among municipal law enforcement. Alicante

23 Sep, 2019 @ 20:03

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Expats are out in force as global climate change protests hit the Costa del Sol

A week-long campaign has been launched to ‘bring an end to the age of fossil fuels and climate justice for everyone’.

21 Sep, 2019 @ 09:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

One man’s journey across Europe to gather hay as horses in the Vega Baja face ‘famine’ following devastating floods that decimated the region’s alfalfa harvest

A NORWEGIAN man has driven hundreds of kilometres across Europe to plead for free hay as horses and goats in the Vega Baja are set

20 Sep, 2019 @ 19:13

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Temperatures will be ‘higher than average’ throughout autumn in Spain’s Andalucia and Costa del Sol

The news will be welcomed by residents in Malaga, who are forecast to receive a downpour today and tomorrow

20 Sep, 2019 @ 09:50

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Weather WARNING for heavy rainfall and storms in Spain’s Malaga and Costa del Sol just days after devastating gota fria floods

Experts predict up to 20 litres per square metre could fall in just one hour

19 Sep, 2019 @ 23:31

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Valencian government to provide financial aid to flood victims as estimates put damage at ‘€1.5 billion’ to the Costa Blanca

THE catastrophic floods that swept through the Costa Blanca last week are expected to cost the region €1.5 billion. In a bid to provide financial

19 Sep, 2019 @ 16:25

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Huge €75 million emergency fund announced for Spain’s Andalucia after EU chips in to help clean up aftermath of devastating gota fria floods

The huge cash injection, from the Junta's own coffers and partly from the EU, will go towards restoring roads, homes, farmland and more

18 Sep, 2019 @ 07:50

Environment·Lead

Roman map shows flood-hit regions of the Costa Blanca were part of the Med just 2,000 years ago

THE Vega Baja region is prone to flooding because it was once part of the Mediterranean Sea, a Roman-era map of the area shows. The

17 Sep, 2019 @ 16:41

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Death toll reaches seven as body of Dutchman found near Dolores following deadly Costa Blanca floods

GUARDIA Civil have recovered the body of the seventh flood victim following catastrophic weather that hit the Costa Blanca last week. The deceased has been

17 Sep, 2019 @ 14:39

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·National News

Hailstorm hits Costa del Sol’s Ronda as winemakers hope their crops have not been ruined

More extreme weather hits southern Spain, with local farmers praying their crops have not been ruined by the storms.

17 Sep, 2019 @ 14:24

Environment·Lead·Malaga

‘Warming Mediterranean Sea’ was behind record-breaking rain, claims Alicante professor

A LEADING climatologist from the University of Alicante has blamed a ‘warmer Mediterranean Sea’ for the killer floods that devastated the Costa Blanca last week.

17 Sep, 2019 @ 13:17

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·National News

Rain and temperature drop for Spain’s Malaga this weekend

MALAGA is expected to experience a temperature drop and rain this weekend. According to weather agency AEMET, the probability of rain throughout much of the

17 Sep, 2019 @ 12:06

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Thousands help rebuild Spain’s Costa Blanca after six die in floods following worst storm for 140 years

South East Spain starts to recover in short break from lethal floods and storms

16 Sep, 2019 @ 11:59

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

At least six feared dead in Costa Blanca flooding after roads, railways and airports close

SIX people have died following two days of the worst flooding on record to hit the Costa Blanca flooding. Emergency services and the military stepped

14 Sep, 2019 @ 17:09

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Expats donate and distribute furniture to flood victims in Costa Blanca

A KIND-HEARTED British couple has launched an appeal for unwanted furniture to help flood victims in Costa Blanca hit by catastrophic flooding. Darren and Kelly

14 Sep, 2019 @ 17:06

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Report reveals dangerous flooding in Spain will become MORE frequent in Valencia, Cadiz and Alicante thanks to climate change and reckless real estate development

It comes as Alicante and the Costa Blanca have seen biblical flooding this week

13 Sep, 2019 @ 21:04

Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Over 300 soldiers drafted in to evacuate ‘hundreds’ of Orihuela citizens through Thursday night following devastating Costa Blanca storms

FAMILIES have endured sleeping in an Orihuela school after they were evacuated from their Orihuela homes late last night. After raising the Emergency Situation to

13 Sep, 2019 @ 11:54

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Three dead in Alicante and Andalucia as killer storm moves south through Spain

SPAIN woke up this morning to death and destruction as the Costa Blanca and parts of Andalucia were hit by a devastating storm that has

13 Sep, 2019 @ 10:18

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

City-wide curfew and ‘Level One Emergency’ in Orihuela as Costa Blanca deals with torrential floods

CITIZENS of Orihuela have been told to stay indoors as the Municipal Operational Cooperation Center (CECOPAL) raises to a ‘Level 1 Emergency’ situation. The drastic

12 Sep, 2019 @ 18:10

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Floods close Orihuela road network, Red Cross providing shelter

ORIHUELA City Council has just issued a press release stating that all citizens must refrain from driving the streets, due to the torrential rain today.

12 Sep, 2019 @ 14:31

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

WATCH: Tornadoes, huge hail stones and gushing rapids as gota fria goes biblical on Spain’s Mallorca and Balearics and government issues CODE RED

School has been cancelled in 19 municipalities until further notice

11 Sep, 2019 @ 02:10

Environment·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Expats get down and dirty with Costa Blanca clean-up

A GROUP of determined expats have taken to the streets of Los Alcazares on the Mar Menor coastline in a bid to tidy up the

9 Sep, 2019 @ 17:12

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

‘ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE’: Brown Algae invades beaches and waters on Spain’s Costa del Sol

In Tarifa, the issue became so large the town’s mayor, biologist Francisco Ruiz Giraldez, claimed that it was now ‘aggressively taking up the entire sea

7 Sep, 2019 @ 10:25

Environment·Lead

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