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Spain Extends Alerts After 'Leonardo' Floods Andalusia as Argentina Issues Widespread Storm Warnings

Officials warn persistent hazards into the weekend due to saturated rivers, strong winds, rough seas.

Overview

  • Spain’s Aemet keeps a special advisory in force to Saturday with yellow and orange warnings for wind, rain and coastal conditions across multiple regions.
  • In Andalusia, days of exceptional rain left multiple rivers at critical levels, reservoirs at capacity, transport disrupted and more than 3,500–4,000 people evacuated preventively.
  • Grazalema in Cádiz recorded over 350 l/m² in 24 hours, with totals surpassing 423 l/m² by late Wednesday, highlighting the scale of the deluge in the Sierra de Cádiz.
  • For Friday, Aemet maintains yellow rain alerts in Cádiz (Grazalema), Málaga (Ronda) and Sevilla (Sierra Sur) and widespread yellow wind alerts with gusts locally near or above 70–90 km/h.
  • Argentina’s SMN places large areas under yellow alerts for storms, warning of short-period downpours of 20–50 mm (locally higher), frequent lightning, possible hail and gusts up to about 75–80 km/h, with AMBA seeing instability but generally lower-intensity conditions.