Storms and Heavy Rain to Hit Spain’s Holiday Hotspots

Summary:
Large regions of Spain, including popular tourist destinations like Barcelona and Majorca, are bracing for severe storms and heavy rainfall this week. The country’s meteorological agency, AEMET, has issued yellow weather warnings. Majorca’s southwest coast is expected to see significant rain between 2pm and 8pm on Wednesday, June 12, following severe flooding on Tuesday that temporarily closed Palma Airport. Additional yellow weather warnings are in effect for the east coast, covering areas such as Valencia, Alicante, and Almeria, with amber warnings for storms in Valencia’s southern and northern interior regions until midnight on June 12. Warnings also extend inland to the Cuenca mountains and La Mancha, as well as the northeast including Barcelona, Girona, and the Lleida Pyrenees. No warnings are currently in place for June 13 or June 14.