Alicante saw half the average annual rainfall in just one day as the southeast of Spain saw the worst of the storms to hit the peninsula on Monday.
More than 150 litres of water per square metre was recorded in Alicante, a province that sees a typical annual rainfall of 311 litres per square meter.
The torrential rain closed schools across the province and Spain’s weather agency predicted that the stormy weather was set to continue on Tuesday.
Espectacular tromba de agua en #Alicante. Mucha #Precaucion #Lluvias #Inundaciones pic.twitter.com/yzWc6gJD1F
— Mariano Postigo (@marianopostigo) March 13, 2017
#temporaldeLevante #Alicante pic.twitter.com/48J08uu1Kl
— Alvaro B154 (@BuendiaAyala) March 13, 2017
Trabajando en la #temporaldeLevante #alicante pic.twitter.com/L1XAf3VqmX
— Alvaro B154 (@BuendiaAyala) March 13, 2017
Avenida Denia, muro del colegio Jesuitas, mi antiguo cole. #TemporaldeLlevant #TemporaldeLevante #Alicante pic.twitter.com/IxmuEJxTrN
— beatriz vidal (@bvidalarchitect) March 13, 2017
Justo se h qdado tirado n l coche. Dsastre d calle. #TemporaldeLlevant #temporaldelevante @AEMET_CValencia @climatologia_ua @AlcaldeAlacant pic.twitter.com/HQcndP1O7S
— AnnMZ (@AnniMartZam) March 13, 2017
Así afectaron las #lluvias de ayer en un #supermercado de #SantJoandalacant #Alicante vía @lokimary1968 pic.twitter.com/EcSsmr4DaH
— Alicante Ambulancias (@Ambu_Alicante) March 14, 2017
Assut de Sant Joan en el río Montnegre. @MeteoSE @climatologia_ua @avamet @AMEDipuAlicante pic.twitter.com/i6HPQkOEPo
— mapesi (Manuel Peña) (@mapesi65) March 13, 2017
The region has experienced a winter of extreme weather. In January the Costa Blanca received a rare snow fall sending people out onto the beaches to make snowmen instead of the usual sandcastles.
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