The Latest Breaking News from AEMET

The Canary Islands, Madeira, Porto Santo and the Azores have been battered by strong winds and heavy rain

Spain registered its hottest spring on record this year, and its second driest ever, the state meteorological agency says

The Spanish Meteorology Agency AEMET has issued a number of weather warnings for rain, storms and wind impacting several holiday hotspots that are popular with Irish tourists.

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