Year: 2020

Halloween 2020 saw an incredible 'blue moon' rising over the Mediterannean – blue does not refer to the colour, but the fact it is the second full moon in the month of October. The moon may have known it was Halloween, when it rose full and blood-red over Spain's eastern Mediterranean coastline last night. It was also a 'blue moon' – which Spain will not see again until August 2021. […]

Alicante's provincial consortium of firefighters rescued the British couple by helicopter on Halloween. COVID-19 may have taken the fun out of Hallowe'en – but that didn't stop the surprises. First two paragliders sparked two forest fires when they collided with a powerline on Javea's Montgó mountain (read more), and then a British couple were rescued from a mountaintop by helicopter. The couple were stranded on the Sierra de Bérnia – […]

Firefighters moved quickly to stop flames from spreading in the Montgó natural park, between Jávea and Denia. Two fires were declared today in the Montgó natural park after paragliders crashed into an electricity power line. Two paragliders were snagged by hanging wires near the Cap de Santi Antoni mirador in Jávea. The electricity line was shorted while two fires broke out at around 16:30 this afternoon, according to Xàbia al […]

Alicante University's Laboratorio de Climatología has predicted a 'maritime storm' with 3m waves along the Costa Blanca. Torrential rains are predicted to hit Wednesday-Thursday next week across the Alicante coastline. Alicante University's climate lab – which has an active Facebook page – has predicted a 'maritime storm' will specifically hit the Marina Alta region. Scientists at the lab have predicted waves up to '3m' high could also hit as far […]