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Ibiza & Formentera escape with limited damage after floods from torrential rain

News Desk1st October 20256th October 2025

1st October 20256th October 2025724

The Balearic holiday islands of Ibiza and Formentera escaped with limited damage on Tuesday after torrential rain brought flooding, school closures and beach shutdowns. The...

Spain’s weather agency maintains alerts in Valencia, Castellón, Tarragona

News Desk29th September 202530th September 2025

29th September 202530th September 2025852

Spain’s national weather agency AEMET has placed the eastern Valencia region on red alert for intense rainfall, raising fears of a disaster similar to last...

Search for two people feared swept away during storm in Catalonia, after witness report

News Desk13th July 202514th July 2025

13th July 202514th July 20253335

Two people were believed to be missing in Catalonia on Saturday night following intense rainfall that swept across the north and northeast of Spain, that...

Emergency military units deployed in northern Spain due to ‘Dana’ and heavy rain

News Desk12th July 202515th July 2025

12th July 202515th July 20252296

Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms triggered weather alerts in 25 provinces across Spain on Saturday, with eight of them placed under an amber warning, as per...

Climate change made recent EU heatwave ‘up to 4C hotter’ and ‘tripled heat-related deaths’

News Desk10th July 202514th July 2025

10th July 202514th July 20251381

Recent extreme heat across Europe was made significantly more intense by human-driven climate change, with temperatures rising up to 4°C higher in numerous cities and...

EU president Von der Leyen meets with Valencia flood victims’ associations in Brussels

News Desk14th May 202519th May 2025

14th May 202519th May 20252038

Three associations representing victims of last October’s devastating floods in Valencia travelled to Brussels on Tuesday for meetings with key figures in the European institutions,...

Scientists confirm that Europe has just had its hottest March on record

News Desk8th April 202514th April 2025

8th April 202514th April 20251476

Europe has just had its hottest March on record, surpassing previous highs by a wide margin, according to a report led by the EU’s Copernicus...

Three dead after strong winds and rain hit southern Spain

News Desk5th April 20259th April 2025

5th April 20259th April 20252342

Severe winds and torrential rain swept across southern Spain on Friday, resulting in the deaths of three men inside a warehouse whose roof was torn...

Second body found in southern Spain after latest storms – third person still missing

News Desk20th March 202525th March 2025

20th March 202525th March 20251288

The death toll from the latest storm in Spain rose to two on Wednesday, after police found the body of a man whose car was...

350 homes evacuated due to flash floods in southern Spain, with more rain on way

News Desk18th March 202524th March 2025

18th March 202524th March 20252727

Torrential rain triggered flash floods in southern Spain on Tuesday, forcing authorities to evacuate over 350 homes, in addition to shutting down roads and cancelling...

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