Flash Floods Kill One and Bring Chaos in Southern Spain; Worst Rainfall in nearly 30 Years

Severe flash flooding in southern Spain has has left one woman dead and forced authorities to issue a ”red alert”, the country’s highest public safety warning.

Around 100 cubic metres of rain are estimated to have fallen within 28 hours.

The 26-year old victim is said to have been in the basement of a nightclub during the deluge.

A woman and a young child look out from their balcony at the street below which is buried under floodwaters. Police in Spain said this is worst flood for nearly 30 years

A friend of the dead woman said: “She called me in the morning, the floods took her by surprise, she might have been asleep or something, and she didn’t realise what was happening until it was too late. She told me everything was flooded, I told her to go out and she said she wasn’t able to.”

The flooding is reported to have brought widespread chaos to Malaga and other parts of the Costa Del Sol, with numerous accounts of drivers abandoning vehicles.

The local government said more than 600 emergency incidents were reported over the weekend.

A resident carries a woman on his back through a street in Dona Ana which resembles a river as heavy rains fall on the town

The people of the Costa del Sol woke up to find their streets and car submerged on Sunday morning after heavy rainfall overnight

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