More extreme weather has been forecast for Spain just days after tropical storm Leslie swept across the country and flash flooding in the Balearic Islands left 13 people dead in Mallorca.
Spain’s national weather service AEMET has issued a special warning for “rain and intense, generalized and persistent storms” for the eastern side of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The extreme weather is expected to hit on Thursday and last until Sunday.
While the gota fría or 'cold drop', a term used to describe a sudden fall in temperatures along the east coast caused by the arrival of very cold polar air, is 'typical' of Spanish Mediterranean falls, AEMET spokesperson Rubén del Campo says a drop of this intensity has not occurred since October 2008.
Aragón, Catalonia, Valencia, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands and Murcia will be the worst-hit regions in Spain and a red alert - the highest on the scale - has been issued for Castellón on Thursday and Friday.
Source: elpais.com
