Severe weather alerts have been issued and thousands were evacuated as a powerful storm brought a month’s worth of rain to parts of Spain just weeks after deadly flash floods hit the country. Malaga was hit first by the storm,

The swollen Benamargosa river in the region of Malaga swept dozens of cars away on Wednesday as heavy rain caused havoc in southern and eastern Spain. Emergency services in Malaga have moved 3,000 people from homes at high risk of flooding near the Guadalhorce River west of the city,

Schools in the entire southern province of Málaga have been closed while many supermarkets have kept shutters down. Around 3,000 people living in close proximity to the Guadalhor

Flooding in garages, commercial premises and ground floor dwellings, overflowing streams and rivers, roads cut off and large pools of water in the streets are the most notable consequences of the rainfall.

The famous Costa del Sol including the tourist resorts of Marbella and Estepona has faced the brunt of the extreme weather phenomenon known as a DANA, a cold drop which was the cause of the catastrophic flash floods which killed more than 200 people in and around the east coast city of Valencia alone.

Thousands of residents in Spain’s Costa del Sol have been evacuated over fears a new weather front that could bring flooding again to the region. Two weeks after the worst flood

Severe rain alerts as homes ‘decimated’ after month’s worth of rainfall hits in hours - Thousands evacuated in Malaga as powerful storm hits Spain just weeks after deadly flash floods

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