The Costa del Sol faces another round of heavy rain and thunderstorms on Monday, while parts of eastern Spain remain under red alerts for torrential downpours.
Aemet’s warning maps show yellow alerts for Malaga’s Sol and Guadalhorce district from 3am until 5.59pm.
Rainfall could reach 15mm in an hour, with thunderstorms potentially bringing hail.
More severe conditions are forecast further east in Andalucia, where orange warnings cover Almeria city, the Poniente district and the Levante district overnight.
Those alerts run from 9pm on Sunday until 5.59am on Monday, with potential rainfall of 50mm in an hour and 100mm over 12 hours.
Aemet warns that the longer-period totals could accumulate within just a few hours.
Red alerts in Valencia and Alicante
The highest warning level covers the southern Valencia coast and northern Alicante coast until 9.59am on Monday.
In southern coastal Valencia, Aemet’s alerts flag rainfall of 90mm in an hour and 200mm over 12 hours, with some locations potentially receiving 300mm within 24 hours.
The hourly warning specifically highlights the area northwest of Gandia.
Northern coastal Alicante also faces a red warning for 200mm over 12 hours, with localised totals potentially reaching 300mm in a day.
An orange warning for rainfall of 60mm in an hour is additionally in place there from midnight until 9.59am on Monday.
Monday warnings across Andalucia
Yellow rain and thunderstorm warnings also cover several inland and western districts on Monday.
Sevilla’s Campiña, Cordoba’s Campiña, Granada’s Genil basin and Jaen’s Capital y Montes district face potential rainfall of 20mm in an hour between 2pm and 9.59pm.
In Cadiz, the Campiña district and Strait of Gibraltar area are under yellow warnings from midday until 9.59pm, with rainfall potentially reaching 15mm in an hour.
The alerts follow a difficult weekend in Malaga, where emergency services dealt with flooding and rescued ten people trapped in a tunnel at the Peñon del Cuervo beach.
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