An alarm so loud it was “extraordinarily painful to the ears” was despatched to 1000’s of individuals throughout the Costa del Sol and different components of the southern Spanish province on Tuesday night time.
British expats residing within the area reported being “terrified” after their telephones all of the sudden started emitting a loud ringing sound.
It got here after the state climate company AEMET issued a pink alert for “excessive rainfall” within the area, which is ready to start at 10am on Wednesday, November 13, and final till at the very least 11.59pm.
“I simply bought an alert on my cellphone, it frightened the c**p out of us!” one British expat informed The Olive Press.
“It flashed up like an alarm and made this horrible beeping sound that was painful to the ears.
One other stated: “I practically spilled my tea throughout me, the sound was like one thing out an apocalypse movie, however it’s truthful to say we’re all bl***y conscious now.”
Many of the alerts have been despatched between 10.35pm and 10.40pm, though many obtained them as late as 10.55pm.
The alerts are a part of the Proteccion Civil drive’s new Es-Alert system, which had by no means earlier than been utilized in Malaga, till now.
The message was in each Spanish and English, given the massive variety of Brits and foreigners within the inhabitants.
It learn: “Civil alert… Pink warning activated (Aemet), excessive threat of rainfall… be very cautious, keep away from journey and comply with the recommendation of 112.”
It additionally provided hyperlinks for many who wished to hunt extra data.
The Spanish state climate company Aemet has warned {that a} “floor cyclogenesis”, or cyclone, will arrive within the Mediterranean on Wednesday, bringing with it intense rains.
Aemet states that heavy rainfall, as much as 100mm/m2 falling over a 12-hour interval, will considerably threat life.
The brand new DANA is predicted to additionally deliver heavy rain to Valencia and Malaga – the previous of which is nonetheless reeling from the final lethal DANA storm, which killed greater than 200 folks.
On Tuesday, Castellon in Valencia, Tarragona and Barcelona in Cataluña have been positioned on a yellow-level warning for rain, with as much as 20mm falling per sq. metre per hour.
In the meantime, the entire of Ibiza and components of Majorca, together with Palma, have been positioned on a extra critical orange alert, with as much as 40mm/m2 of rain in an hour.