Parts of Spain and Portugal are on high alert as heavy rain and strong winds batter the two countries, felling trees, disrupting transport and forcing the closure of schools.

With weather forecasts showing no letup of persistent rain, Portugal’s weather-related problems are piling up.

Iria Afonso, 76, is carried on a chair by neighbours as she is evacuated from her flooded house after heavy rains caused the river Sado to overflow its banks.

Catastrophic flooding has hit parts of Spain and Portugal after several storms have brought excessive rainfall in recent weeks, leading to evacuations, travel disruptions and at least one fatality ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portugal like much of Europe has been experiencing a heat wave in recent days, but another rare weather phenomenon also gripped ...

IRISH holidaymakers have been issued a major warning amid status orange weather alerts for heavy rain and strong winds in Portugal. The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) has ...

Spain and Portugal have issued red warnings as Storm Kristin batters both nations ...