Although the fresh rains appear to have brought limited damage, in the Malaga province, homes were “decimated” by flooding after a river burst its banks on Wednesday in the town of Benamargosa, as around 3,000 people living along the Guadalhorce River and reportedly a further 1,100 near the Vélez River were evacuated.

Fresh storms in Spain have left streets deluged and forced schools to close, two weeks after the worst floods in the country’s modern history, which killed more than 220 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

THE red alert currently in place across Malaga and the Costa del Sol has been extended into Thursday. Laurence has a BA and MA in International Relations and a Gold Standard diploma in Multi-Media journalism from News Associates in London. He has almost a decade of experience and previously worked as a senior reporter for the Mail Online in London.

The latest weather maps show heavy rainfall, which could lead to more flooding, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain - just two weeks after catastrophic flash floods hit Valencia

Schools were closed, people were evacuated and transportation services were suspended on Wednesday due to excessive rainfall and flooding.

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