September 2023

One man drowns in a car and another in an ELEVATOR in Spain while others are missing following ‘extreme’ rainfall

THE ‘historic’ DANA storm that has spread destruction throughout the Spanish heartland has claimed a further grisly toll with the tragic deaths of two men – and more feared missing. Authorities in Toledo discovered the lifeless body of a man inside a stranded car in the town of Bargas on Monday after a night of […]

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Irish holidaymaker hunted after fleeing accident scene when his rental car smashes head-on into oncoming vehicle and kills driver on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE are looking for an Irish motorist who collided head-on with another car- killing the other driver in the Torrevieja area. The smash happened at around 4am on Saturday on the N-332 as it passed through the Park of Nations area of the city. The deceased motorist, 44, was a Peruvian man, with paramedics unable

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Expat community rallies round family of missing paddle surfers: Thousands raised to fly out relatives of Maxi, 29, and Emmanuel, 34, a WEEK after they vanished off Spain’s Costa del Sol

AROUND 60 people came together on Sunday on Malaga’s Huelin beach to support the families of two Argentine men who vanished a week earlier as they went out to sea with a paddle board. The two friends, Maxi Ludvik, 29, and Emmanuel Soria, 34, wanted to check out the sunrise, but nothing more was heard

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Fierce fire rips through top-floor apartment in Benidorm tower block after night of storms

A BLAZE erupted on the 32nd-floor flat of one of Benidorm’s towering skyscrapers this morning ay 7.30am. Onlookers and dog-walkers stopped to look up and gawp as the flames utterly gutted the residence. It raged for 30-40 minutes, according to eyewitnesses. Firefighters arrived from the nearby fire station and had extinguished the flames in short

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Spain’s Fuengirola plans free canyoning adventure on Guadalmina river for local youths

THE Fuengirola Youth Department is organizing a no-cost canyoning expedition for young residents of the area. This activity, set to take place on September 23 along the Guadalmina River, is intended for Fuengirola residents aged 14 to 30. Starting as of today, Monday September 4, interested individuals can register at the Colores building in Los

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GRANADA SHOOTING: Man shot to death while sitting in car in Spain

A MAN in his forties has been shot and killed while sitting inside a parked car on a Granada avenue. According to official reports, emergency services received multiple calls reporting the shooting, which occurred around 7:20pm on Saturday, September 3, on Pulianas Avenue. Witnesses have reported that an individual approached the victim, who was in

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Rainfall ends 15-Month dry spell for La Viñuela reservoir in Spain’s Malaga

LA VIÑUELA has received a much-needed boost in water supply this Sunday, September 3. The start of September has brought storms, with lightning, thunder, and minor tornadoes reported in Torremolinos, Torrox, and Nerja early on Saturday. Sunday brought the much-anticipated rain with the La Viñuela reservoir, which had seen minimal contributions for over a year,

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WATCH: Moment emergency texts are sent to phones in Spain as streets are turned into rapids amid ‘extreme’ rainfall: La Liga clash cancelled while flights are delayed

RESIDENTS suffering the worst of the ongoing extreme weather in Spain have revealed the moment they received emergency texts from their regional governments. Madrid and Valencia are among the autonomous communities to trial the alert system, which is sent to all mobile phones in areas most at risk from rainfall, storms and hail. In videos

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Spain welcomes 47.6 million tourists in first seven months of year, spending nearly €60 billion

SPAIN welcomed 47.6 million tourists to its shores in the year from January to July, an increase of 21% compared to the same period the year before.  That’s according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE), which also reported that visitors spent nearly €60 billion while in the country, a rise of

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Spain’s caretaker prime minister takes aim at football chief Luis Rubiales once more

SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again voiced criticism of the embattled head of the Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, who is still refusing to quit despite the pressure on him to do so over his behaviour at the Women’s World Cup Final. Without naming him directly, Sanchez referred to Rubiales on Saturday at

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