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Spain hit with storm warning<\/p>\nPack your umbrella if you’re off on a late, off-peak break to these holiday hotspotsSpain hit with storm warning<\/p>\n
Irish tourists who have held off for a late break to Spain<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n The Spanish Met Service, AEMET, has officially named its first storm of the season<\/a> as Storm Alice is set to bring significantly heavy rain to eastern areas of the country.<\/p>\n The high-impact storm is expected to affect the eastern mainland of Spain, as well as the Balearics in the coming days.<\/p>\n The State agency posted on Twitter<\/a>, formerly X, that people in the affected areas should “take extreme precautions and check the warnings in force on our website and app.”<\/p>\n 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’.<\/p>\n The highest level of risk forecast tomorrow, Thursday October 9, is orange and this will cover popular destinations such as Alicante and Ibiza<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The storm was highlighted by Irish weather expert Alan O’Reilly, who mans the ever-popular @CarlowWeather account on X.<\/p>\n “The Spanish Met Service have named their first storm of the year Storm Alice,” he posted.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n