BRITISH holidaymakers have been hit with a daunting weather schedule in Spain for over the Easter holidays.
Famous tourist destinations and favorite vacation spots are at risk of severe storms that are forecasted to pass through the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
The regional meteorological agency AEMET has issued a worrying forecast for the upcoming days, predicting that numerous regions will experience strong winds and intense rainfall.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected across much of Spain.
AEMET has identified the northeast quadrant of the peninsula, encompassing Barcelona and Catalonia, as the area most likely to be severely affected by heavy precipitation.
Those taking a trip to the Canary Islands are also set to be affected with “very strong gusts” expected on Wednesday.
Conditions are set to improve on Thursday with it being described as the most stable day of the week by meteorologists.
Significant rainfall is still expected in Galicia with lighter showers on the Cantabrian coast along Northern Spain.
The Canaries will also face strong winds once again.
From Friday through to Monday, the forecasts are predicting a new front to form and cause weather chaos for tourists and locals alike.
The northwest is set to face “persistent heavy rainfall” which will target western Galicia as well as much of the country.
Temperatures will start to drop on Saturday and led to consistent showers and thunderstorms, say AEMET.
Sunday will see temperatures slowly start to rise again with less rainfall expected through to Monday.
Spanish officials have been telling Brits to prepare for the worst weather ahead of Easter weekend.
It comes as more than a year’s worth of rain fell in two hours in parts of the Canary Islands on Saturday.
This left roads underwater, cars stranded and hotels without power.
A two-hour torrent dumped more than 100 litres of rain per square metre in parts of Costa Teguise — the equivalent of over a year’s rainfall.
Holidaymakers in Majorca and Ibiza were also on high alert, with heavy rain and hail forecast across both islands following the devastating downpour in Lanzarote.
The weekend of weather chaos even caused the UK government to issue a travel warning as the storm system — named Olivier — pushed east.
