Overview

• The red alert takes effect at 10:00 local time Friday for the province of Alicante and neighboring Murcia, according to Spain's national meteorological agency.
• Aemet flagged an “extraordinary danger” of flash flooding and urged residents to follow civil-protection guidance in messages posted on X.
• Forecasts call for localized rainfall that could exceed 140 millimeters in 12 hours, with the Valencia area under an orange alert on Friday.
• Heavy downpours already hit Alicante on Thursday evening, prompting at least 150 firefighter callouts and flight diversions as authorities advised people to avoid travel.
• The alert follows late-September storms that closed schools and disrupted transport across the southeast and the Balearic Islands, while scientists warn warmer seas and dense urbanization heighten flood risk.