On the east coast, Valencia remains subject to a yellow alert, in force until midnight, with up to 60mm of rain forecast in the space of 12 hours. Dozens of emergency callouts were reported overnight, mostly in areas worst-hit by the previous floods, which killed more than 200 people.

British tourists have been advised by the Foreign Office to check the latest weather warnings before they travel

The Malaga area, including the tourist resorts of Marbella, Velez and Estepona, is expected to take the brunt of the extreme weather phenomenon known as a "Dana". Parts of the eastern Valencia area have also been placed on the highest alert, weeks after the area was devastated by flash floods that killed more than 220 people.

Thousands have been evacuated and a hospital is now only operating in one department after a powerful storm in Spain’s Costa del Sol region brought torrential rain and high winds.Just two weeks after flash floods killed more than 200 people and destroyed homes,

Red weather alerts in Costa del Sol and Valencia as thousands evacuated - Hospital flooded and only operating A&E as powerful storm hits Spain just weeks after deadly flash floods

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 floods in the country’s modern history killed more than 200 people,