THE body of a missing man has been located in a British holiday hotspot near Costa Del Sol, as cops continue to search for two others.
Police confirmed the grim discovery just after 5pm on Sunday, several hours after the badly-damaged van the duo had been travelling in was located.
An alert was sounded after the two men – aged 54 and 53 – from the town of Alhaurin el Grande were unaccounted for.
Authorities believe the missing men were trying to cross the swollen Fahala River on foot after heavy flooding made it impossible to continue the journey in their vehicle.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard made the announcement on Sunday.
“Around 5.05pm today the lifeless body of one of the two missing men was found in the Fahala River,” they said.
“The search for the other man is continuing.”
The flood victim, who has remained unnamed, was found dead in Cartama, a neighbouring municipality of Alhaurin el Grande.
The man’s body had been carried several miles downstream from where police believe his difficulties started.
Police helicopters, sniffer dogs and specialist divers were mobilised this morning to assist in the search operation.
Many parts of Malaga, including the Costa del Sol resort of Marbella, were put on red alert on Saturday night, with the region battered by heavy rain.
Parts of Valencia remain under the alert on Sunday, after torrential rain and hail further smash the region.
Another desperate search continues for a third man who vanished in Illora, in the neighbouring province of Granada.
Local mayor Antonio Salazar said the man had been carried away by a torrent of water after trying to cross a stream on his motorbike, around 10.30am on Sunday.
He had been accompanied by a friend, who cheated death and raised the alarm.
A woman has also been left fighting for her life after a street light fell on top of her in Sabadell, near Barcelona amid wild weather conditions.
The holiday resort of Marbella has been one of the worst-hit areas by Saturday’s flooding on the Costa del Sol, with several parts of the coastal town left under knee-deep water, as roads were turned into rivers.
People in Marbella were urged to stay indoors via a red alert sent to their mobile phones on Saturday afternoon, alongside nearly 30 other municipalities in the southern Spanish province of Malaga.
More than 300 emergency incidents were reported across Málaga after Spain’s Costa del Sol was hit by torrential rain over the weekend.
Firefighters rescued three people including a child trapped in a house flooded by the overflowing of the Vadeurraca stream.
Two others were rescued from a farm in Nueva Aljaima, who were stuck inside their house amid horror flash floods
The picturesque favourite for Brits was thrown into chaos after heavy rains battered the holiday hotspot in the southern part of the country.
Shocking footage shows the roads turned into rivers as torrents of debris-filled mud swept away cars and trees.
Cars can be seen floating through the water as the strong currents crash around them, leaving locals and tourists alike trapped inside.
The Sol and Guadalhorce are among the worst-hit areas, and authorities are urging people not to leave their houses.
The Guadalhorce river rose last night and reached historic levels, although at the moment its level is falling, SUR news reports.
The extreme situation has sparked weather alerts as the region braces for even worse conditions.
Authorities said floodwaters at some places were “several meters in height”.
Locals and tourists have been advised to avoid unnecessary travel and to seek higher ground if in a flood-prone area.
Up to 120 litres of water per square metre could accumulate in just 12 hours because of torrential rain, according to the agency.
The country’s State Meteorological Agency has also issued an orange alert for rain in the regions of Ronda, Antequera and Axarquía.
Orange warnings are now in effect along the Granada coast and the Almería regions of Valle del Almanzora and Los Vélez.
Yellow warnings remain in place for the coast, Andévalo and Condado de Huelva, the entire province of Cádiz, and the Antequera area in Málaga, where a coastal alert is also in place.