Authorities warned people to stay inside to protect themselves as heavy rainfall gushed through the streets of Spain’s Mediterranean cities and villages

Thousands of people have been evacuated as parts of Spain are lashed with rain, just weeks after flash flooding caused the country’s worst natural disaster in living memory. Red weather alerts were issued on Wednesday evening in Valencia as more torrential rain hit areas already devastated by the previous flooding that left more than 220 people dead,

Almost 3,000 people have been evacuated from areas near the Guadalhorce River in Malaga as Spain braces for yet more torrential rainfall. Officials have issued urgent warnings to both locals and tourists in the Costa del Sol region,