Spain’s AEMET issued its highest red weather alert for Wednesday in the Ronda and Grazalema areas of southern Andalusia, warning of “exceptional risks” from Storm Leonardo that could bring flooding and landslides, according to the report.
Andalusia’s regional leader Juanma Moreno urged residents to exercise maximum caution, while authorities said all Andalusia schools would close on Wednesday except in Almeria.
In neighbouring Portugal, IPMA issued an orange alert along the full coast on Tuesday and extended orange warnings to northern and central areas for heavy snow, strong winds and rain through Saturday, after a series of recent storms including Christine, which the text said killed five and injured about 400.
In Morocco, Direction Generale de la Meteorologie forecast heavy, sometimes thundery rain, snowfall and strong gusts from Tuesday to Wednesday, issuing red and orange alerts with rainfall totals of up to 150 mm in Chefchaouen and Tetouan, plus snow from 1,600 metres and winds reaching up to 90 km per hour across multiple provinces.
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