Red weather alerts have been issued and thousands evacuated as a powerful storm brings torrential rain and high winds to Spain just weeks after deadly flash floods hit the country.Spanish weather forecaster Aemet raised Valencia’s warning level to the maximum on Wednesday evening,

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

Two weeks after flash floods killed hundreds of people, several areas of Spain have been placed on high alert as a new weather front is expected to bring torrential rain and low temperatures

Malaga streets have turned to rivers as floodwaters sweep through the Costa del Sol. Footage released by the Guardia Civil shows the river bursting its bank in Benamorgasa with vehicles submerged. Around 3,

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.

New storms in Spain have caused school closures and train cancellations, two weeks after flash floods in the Valencia region 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.