The Latest Breaking News from AEMET

Spanish authorities protectively shut down schools, universities and day-care centres as torrential rains swept over the coastal southeast on Tuesday following a long drought, leaving behind flooded basements, submerged cars and closed-off roads.

Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961

One Spanish woman said: ‘This is already unbearable. How is it going to be June?’

The country will experience record breaking temperatures for April as experts say parts of the country will hit 40 degrees this weekend

Spain is in the grip of a long-term drought after 36 months of below-average rainfall, with some parts so parched that officials have asked people to cut water use and meteorologists warn of worse to come.

Spain has entered a period of a long-term drought, owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years, and likely faces another year of heatwaves and forest fires

A freak Arctic blast has hit the mainland and Spanish islands

Irish holiday hotspot Majorca has been levelled with 20inches of snow as Storm Juliette rages on. Spanish meteorologists are expecting the devastating weather to last for another few days.

The Spanish holiday island of Majorca has been hit by a devastating storm that has led to more than two feet of snow and caused roads to collapse as the temperature dropped to -16C on the peninsula

Locals are advised to stay indoors as storm Juliette causes fierce snow storms and freezing temperatures

The UK isn't the only place shivering through sub-zero weather as holiday hotspots in Majorca feel the freeze with temperatures plummeting as low as -2C as heavy snow falls