Storm Olivier to hit holiday hotspots with weather warnings issued

Wind whips palm trees in the town of La Santa, Lanzarote (Picture: EPA)

The Canary Islands, Spain and Portugal will see as much as 90mm of rain this week as Storm Olivier arrives during Holy Week.

Olivier is the 15th storm named by Spain’s State Meteorological Agency, also called AEMET, following Nuria in April.

March saw Spain rocked by four major storms: Martinho, Laurence, Konrad and Jana.

Forecasters say it will crash into the Canary Islands – visited by some 6.3 million British tourists last year ...