A MAJOR warning has been issued for Irish holidaymakers as Spain is set to be hit with its fourth storm in under two weeks.
Weather officials have warned of a chance of snow hitting the sunshine region as Storm Martinho makes landfall today.
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Three people lost their lives during deadly Storm Laurence that battered Spain earlier this week.
Storm Laurence left a trail of destruction in southern Spain after the area was hit just days after storms Jana and Konrad.
It is understood two people lost their lives after their car was overturned and dragged away in strong flood water in Seville.
The body of a cyclist was also discovered a number of days after he went missing in Añora amid the heavy rain and floods.
Storm Jana and Storm Konrad also caused destruction across Spain in recent weeks.
And fresh alerts have been issued as Spain is set to be battered by the next storm just hours after Storm Laurence passed.
Andalusia, Extremadura, and Murcia were hit worst by Laurence but other areas of Spain are now bracing for impact with the new storm on route.
Aemet, Spain’s weather advisory, have issued severe weather warnings for across Galacia including A Coruña, Pontevedra, and Ourense.
Winds of 100kph are expected in the mountains of eastern Ourense according to MeteoGalicia
The entire west coast of Spain is under a mixture of yellow and orange wind alerts today and Friday as the storm makes landfall with 70kph winds.
There are also a selection of rainfall alerts in place as Aemet warn of 60mm rain accumulations in just 12 hours.
And a selection of yellow alerts remain in place for Saturday particularly in the North.
The Canary Islands are also under a yellow wind warning from Aemet.
SNOW RISK
And on top of strong winds and high rainfall amounts higher ground could see snow accumulations later today.
In A Coruña snow is expected later today and the risk of snow continues into the weekend.
In Sanabria and nearby Leon up to 5cm of snow is expected to fall on Saturday.
And Aemet have issued a yellow snowstorm alert ahead of the falls on high ground.
They said: “24-hour snow accumulation: 5cm. Above 1,500 meters, decreasing to 1,000 meters.
They added: “Heaviest accumulations above 1,200 meters.”
