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Aemet Issues Orange Rain Alert for Huelva as Western Andalucía Braces for Downpours and Gales

The strongest phase is expected this afternoon in the western third, with rainfall totals reaching up to 70 mm in 12 hours.

Overview

  • Orange alert for heavy rain is in force from 12:00 for Huelva’s litoral, Andévalo and Condado through late Friday, with yellow alerts for rain and storms in Huelva, Sevilla, Cádiz and Córdoba; only Jaén and Málaga have no warnings.
  • Forecast accumulations include up to 70 mm in 12 hours in Aracena and Sevilla’s Sierra Norte, and up to 40 mm in 12 hours in the onubense coast, Andévalo–Condado and the Campiña sevillana, with peaks near 30 mm in one hour in orange zones.
  • Yellow wind advisories call for southerly gusts up to 70 km/h in Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva and Sevilla, affecting coastal stretches and interior comarcas such as Sierra Norte, Campiña and Pedroches.
  • Coastal warnings cover the Strait, the Cádiz and Huelva littorals, the Granada coast and Almería’s Poniente and capital due to hazardous seas driven by strong winds.
  • Aemet signals locally strong, persistent thunderstorms in the west later in the day, with minimum temperatures steady or rising and maximums falling on the Atlantic side.