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Episodes, rankings and data on Spain's severe-weather warnings since 2018.

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How severe-weather warnings work in Spain11 October 2026
Who issues Spain's severe-weather warnings, how far ahead, at what times, what each warning says and how it differs from an emergency alert or an ES-Alert. A guide with data since 2018.
Yellow, orange or red warning: what each colour means and how often it happens11 October 2026
What each level of Spain's severe-weather warnings means and what to do. From 2019 to 2025, 83% of warning days were yellow and under 1% were red.
Spain's types of severe-weather warning: which exist, when they trigger and where most11 October 2026
Rain, storms, heat, wind, cold, snow, fog and dust: when each warning triggers, in which months, and which zone of Spain gets the most of each, 2019 to 2025.
Spain's 182 weather-warning zones: what they are and which one is yours11 October 2026
Spain's severe-weather warnings are issued by zone, not by town. What a warning zone is, how many each region has, and the full list with each zone's warning days.

Storms in Asturias: the western coast gets less than half the warnings of the Picos de Europa11 October 2026
From 2019 to 2025, the zone of Avilés and Luarca had 42 storm-warning days; the zone of Cangas de Onís, 111. Asturias's five zones, month by month and year by year.
Rain in Alicante: the northern coast gets twice the warnings of the city11 October 2026
From 2019 to 2025, the zone of Dénia, Xàbia, Calp and Altea had 212 rain-warning days; the zone of Alicante, Elche and Benidorm, 107. The province's three zones, with their red days.
Valencia's DANA, two years on: what was warned, when, and what has changed11 October 2026
On 29 October 2024 the first red rain warning came at 07:31. Hour by hour, what was warned in each Valencia zone, and how many warnings there have been since.