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Spain torrential rain and flood alerts
16 Oct 2026 – 19 Oct 2026 · 5 chapters · 28 updates
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Chapter 1Spain torrential rain and flood alerts
- 17 Oct
Spain's weather agency AEMET issues orange alerts for heavy rain, storms, and hail across Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia, and the Balearic Islands.
Spain's weather agency AEMET extends its orange rain alert to Murcia's Guadalentín Valley, Lorca and Águilas, forecasting up to 100 litres per square metre in 12 hours.
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Catalonia's weather service Meteocat extends its very high rain alert to four more Barcelona-area comarcas for Saturday, with up to 40 litres in 30 minutes possible.
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Cartagena's city council has put evacuation systems on pre-alert and readied 3 schools for residents of Los Nietos, La Manga and Isla Plana, Europa Press reports.
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Valencia's regional emergency centre raises the rain alert to red on Alicante's north coast and Valencia's south coast from 10:00 Sunday, Europa Press reports.
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Valencia's city council closes parks, the Turia gardens and cemeteries for Sunday and cancels a Palau de la Música concert.
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Catalonia's civil protection says it will send two ES-Alert phone warnings to seven comarcas on red alert Saturday, starting with Maresme, Vallès Oriental and La Selva.
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Rodalies says it will suspend R2 Sud and Regionals Sud rail services in Barcelona's Baix Llobregat and Garraf from 22:00 Saturday due to the rain alert.
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Chapter 2Spain torrential rain and flood alerts
- 17 Oct
AEMET issues red alerts for parts of Valencia on Sunday, while Catalonia sends ES-Alert phone warnings to seven comarcas under severe rainfall risk.
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Catalonia's civil protection urges seven comarcas to limit travel. Heaviest rain is expected 14:00 to 20:00 in Maresme, Vallès Oriental and La Selva, eldiario.es says.
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Valencia's emergency centre has sent ES-Alert phone warnings to Alicante's north coast and Valencia's south coast, El Confidencial reports.
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Valencia's regional government sends a second ES-Alert to the north coast and south interior of Valencia, under orange alert from tonight, El País reports.
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Catalonia's civil protection says a second ES-Alert will go to Barcelonès, Baix Llobregat and Garraf, where heavy rain is forecast from 20:00 to 02:00 Saturday.
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Spain's weather agency AEMET extends rain and storm warnings to nine regions for Sunday, adding Andalusia, Galicia and Castilla-La Mancha, Europa Press reports.
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Catalonia's civil protection has sent an ES-Alert to Barcelonès, Vallès Occidental, Baix Llobregat and Garraf for heavy rain from 20:00 Saturday to 02:00 Sunday.
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Andalusia's emergency councillor Antonio Sanz raises Almería province to emergency phase on red flood alert, laSexta reports.
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AEMET has raised the rain warning around El Ejido in Almería to red, forecasting up to 60 litres per square metre in one hour, eldiario.es reports.
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El Ejido's city council has activated its Municipal Emergency Plan, and its operations centre has logged over 100 incident reports, Europa Press says.
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La Vanguardia reports more than 50 litres per square metre of rain in Granollers and Santa Maria de Palautordera in Vallès Oriental, based on first readings.
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Chapter 3Spain torrential rain and flood alerts
- 17 Oct
Storm Adam triggers over 100 incident calls in Almeria, forcing three road closures and flooding streets in El Ejido, emergency services report.
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Andalusia's 112 emergency service logged 155 incidents on Saturday, 121 of them in Almería province, it says.
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Chapter 4Spain flash floods
- 18 Oct
Spanish emergency services find the body of a woman swept away by floodwaters in Cabrera de Mar, Catalonia.
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Storm Adam also floods Andalusia and Murcia: dozens of cars are submerged in San Pedro del Pinatar, lasexta reports.
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Storms have forced 45 flight cancellations at Barcelona-El Prat airport, according to AENA sources cited by EFE.
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Red alerts stay in force on Valencia and Alicante coasts until Monday 10:00, according to abc.es. About 50 towns have suspended classes for 87,000 students.
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Mallorca's authorities have placed the island under red alert until Monday morning, and its schools will close Monday, Le Soir reports.
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- 19 Oct
Spain's emergency coordination centre says it has handled 396 Storm Adam incidents since 17 October, 293 of them in Alicante province.
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Chapter 5Balearic Islands storm disruptions
- 19 Oct
Severe storms hit Spain's Balearic Islands, causing flight cancellations and delays across airports in Mallorca and Ibiza.
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