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The weekend of 18 and 19 February 2017 was at least very divided in Andalusia and especially around Malaga!

Indeed on 18th February the travelers were on the beaches of the Costa del Sol in Malaga, Torremolinos and in many other seaside cities of the famous coast of Andalusia then in the night of torrential rains arrived and continued the day of the Sunday provoking Many damages.

More than 200 calls to the 112 were recorded and no less than 153 liters of water per square meters were measured in the city of Malaga even in the early hours of Sunday.

Precipitation on the Costa del Sol February 2017

Malaga experienced most of the rainfall with 153 L / m2 but other cities in much smaller quantities experienced some damage especially on cars with road cuts like in Mijas and even the A7 was cut off at the Almeria exit.

Here are the recorded rainsin Costa del sol for February 2017

Torremolinos although very close and only separated from Malaga by the airport had 54 L / m2 of water. Fuengirola to the south 32 and finally to the south Estepona had "only" 20 Liters of water per m2.

As you see it has been strong and very localized in the capital of the province of Malaga in Andalusia!

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Western Europe is threatened by several storms arriving one after the other in early February 2017.

The first affected since February 2 is the northwest point of Spain with of course Galicia first, this is not a political slogan, this is the usual way for storm in Spain !

The Paseo Nuevo of the san Sebastian City is even closed until the end of the weekend on 5 February 2017 in the evening (this closure is a good indicator of storm in the Basque country).
 
Although France is only swept away on 3 and 4 February by 3 storms, Spain is already experiencing conditions of disruption of a storm ...

Storm in Galicia February 2017

In the night of 2 to 3 February the coast of death or Costa da Morte in Galicia experienced waves of more than 11 meters because of the incessant winds sweeping the coasts.

In the locality of A Guarda (Pontevedra) the waves (17 meters) brought a foam so large that it invaded the port of the locality.

The train links were interrupted this Friday 3 February between Pontevedra and Orense and more than 100,000 people are without electricity in Galicia.

Strong winds cross Spain this month of February 2017

After Galicia, the wind rushes throughout the northern part of Estremadura to the Mediterranean coasts and even the Balearic Islands or strong winds will blow this weekend of 4 and 5 February.

At ourense the wind reaches 182 km / h and 176 km / h in a city of Galicia close to La Coruña.

The strongest is reached in Vizcaya with 188 km / h.

At the beginning of February 2017, in the outer of provinces of the northern Atlantic coast, winds of around 100 km / h are expected, especially in Catalonia and in the community of Valencia.

The weather situation in the north of Spain February 2017

With the winds, heavy precipitation are expected and especially snowfalls over 1000 meters in all the massifs of the north of Spain:

From the region of Madrid to the Cordillera Cantabrica and of course in part in the Pyrenees and even in The mountains between Zaragoza and Valencia.

You will understand that northern Spain will be touched from Galicia at the beginning of the storm and then 2 days later at the end of the weekend the Balearic Islands will also strong winds coming from the atlantic but also from A Mediterranean phenomenon as in the south of France.

Also note that until the 4 February 2017, strong waves will arrive on the coasts of Santander and up to the Basque coasts.