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

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,

Spain officials have urged locals and tourists alike in an area popular with holidaymakers to avoid travel and "be very cautious".