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\n\t\tWind whips palm trees in the town of La Santa, Lanzarote (Picture: EPA)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tWind whips palm trees in the town of La Santa, Lanzarote (Picture: EPA)<\/p>\n
The Canary Islands, Spain and Portugal will see as much as 90mm of rain<\/a> beginning today as Storm Olivier arrives during Holy Week.<\/p>\n Olivier is the 15th storm<\/a> named by Spain\u2019s\u00a0State Meteorological Agency, also called AEMET, following Nuria in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n March saw Spain rocked by four major storms<\/a>: Martinho, Laurence, Konrad and Jana.<\/p>\n Forecasters say Storm Olivier will crash into the Canary Islands<\/a> \u2013 visited by some 6.3 million British tourists\u00a0last year \u2013 today.<\/p>\n Strong winds and heavy rains will tear through the islands, especially La Palma, a mountainous island in the northwest of the Canaries. <\/p>\n An orange warning<\/a> shows that as much as 30mm of rain may soak La Palma, La Gomera, The Iron and Tenerife in one hour.<\/p>\n Predicci\u00f3n semanal:\ud83c\udf1eLunes: ambiente soleado sin precipitaciones.\ud83c\udf24\ufe0f Martes y mi\u00e9rcoles: predominio de sol; el martes s\u00f3lo se esperan chubascos en las islas orientales canarias y el mi\u00e9rcoles en el extremo nordeste peninsular y Canarias ; en las islas fuertes y tormentosos.\ud83e\uddf5\ud83d\udc47 pic.twitter.com\/7qXI6Zf9VP<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) April 7, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura alongside some parts of La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife have yellow weather warnings in place. <\/p>\n As much as 90mm of rain may drench Tenerife\u00a0and Gran Canaria, Eltiempo.es<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n From Thursday, the storm will drift to the Iberian Peninsula, the western Spanish region adjoining Portugal, from the Atlantic. <\/p>\n Though rainfall will continue in the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n Olivier will bring thunderstorms and hail to the peninsula, with Andalusia and Murcia on the eastern coast expected to be the worst hit. <\/p>\n \t\t Olivier will whip up stormy weather in Spain and Portugal until the weekend, weather officials say.<\/p>\n Friday, Saturday and Sunday will see the heaviest rainfall, affecting Galicia\u00a0 As much as 90mm of rain will pour down on northern C\u00e1ceres. <\/p>\n Temperatures will drop by as much as eight degrees in southern Spain, dragging temperatures in sun-splashed cities like C\u00f3rdoba where it\u2019s typically 25\u00b0C to the high 10s. <\/p>\n Jos\u00e9 Antonio Maldonado, a Spanish meteorologist, stressed to El Plural<\/a>: \u2018The situation is not very clear and could change.<\/p>\n \u2018I believe that by Tuesday many areas will have moved toward stability, which is what is expected, although we will have to remain vigilant.\u2019<\/p>\n Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow\n
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\n\t\tSpanish weather officials have placed weather alerts on several islands (Picture: aemet.es<\/p>\n
Castile and Le\u00f3n, Extremadura, and western Andalusia as well as the Cantabrian Sea, Madrid, and Castile-La Mancha.<\/p>\n
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