Pack your umbrella if you’re off on a late, off-peak break to these holiday hotspots
Spain hit with storm warning
Irish tourists who have held off for a late break to Spain could be facing some bad news if they are expecting a sunny getaway as the off-peak season sees thousands travel to the popular holiday destination.
The Spanish Met Service, AEMET, has officially named its first storm of the season as Storm Alice is set to bring significantly heavy rain to eastern areas of the country.
The high-impact storm is expected to affect the eastern mainland of Spain, as well as the Balearics in the coming days.
The State agency posted on Twitter, formerly X, that people in the affected areas should “take extreme precautions and check the warnings in force on our website and app.”
Spain’s levels of weather warnings are delivered in a traffic-light system; with green indicating ‘no risk’, yellow indicating ‘risk’, orange indicating ‘important risk’ and red indicating ‘severe risk’.
The highest level of risk forecast tomorrow, Thursday October 9, is orange and this will cover popular destinations such as Alicante and Ibiza.
AEMET forecasts initial showers to arrive late on Wednesday in eastern Castilla-La Mancha and inland areas of Valencia before spreading early Thursday into coastal areas of Catalonia. Heavy rain will become more widespread through many areas on Thursday.
The storm was highlighted by Irish weather expert Alan O’Reilly, who mans the ever-popular @CarlowWeather account on X.
“The Spanish Met Service have named their first storm of the year Storm Alice,” he posted.
“It will cause very heavy and persistent showers in areas of the eastern peninsula of Spain and also the Balearic Islands in the coming days with warnings from tomorrow.”
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