Environment/Nature news & information for Spain

THIS week's plummeting temperatures across Spain – which brought severe thunder storms and flash floods in some areas – saw shopping centres and bars doing a roaring trade as tourists had to think of something...

TEMPERATURES across Spain will return to normal for the time of year from this week after a disappointingly-cool and wet August, according to the State meteorological agency, AEMET.

DRAMATIC drops in temperature in time for the weekend are expected to be accompanied by more rain and thunder storms, especially in the Balearics and the south-east of the mainland.

IF FORECASTS from Spain's met office are correct, it may be raining on Catalunya's parade as determined voters try to cast their ballot tomorrow (Sunday).

SUDDEN downpours today have flooded the towns of Benidorm and Calpe (Alicante province) leaving drivers trapped in their cars.

AN EARTHQUAKE reaching 4 on the Richter scale shook the south-west of Tenerife in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday), but no damage was caused as it was located a very long way beneath the surface.

TEMPERATURES soared to up to an unseasonable 33ºC yesterday (Tuesday), leading to the unprecedented sight of full beaches in mid-October.

HURRICANE Ophelia will bring gale-force winds and choppy seas to Spain's far north-western region of Galicia in the early hours of this Monday morning.

LONG-AWAITED rain has hit Spain at last after weeks of dry weather – and the change in climate is most welcome in the north-western region of Galicia where it is helping to bring the devastating forest fires under...

TEMPERATURES in the north and east of the mainland have risen sharply today (Friday) but another Atlantic front has brought strong wind and heavy rain to Galicia, which will continue over Saturday.

OLDER residents and children may take up to two weeks for their body clocks to adjust once the hour changes this Sunday, according to the Spanish Sleep Society (SES).

FORCE seven gales and waves of up to three metres (9'9”) off the coasts of Almería and Murcia have been reported and are expected to continue over the weekend, whilst torrential rain and thunder storms are...