A RED warning for “extreme danger” has been issued for a popular Brit holiday hotspot as Spain is battered by a storm.
Torrential rain has hit Spain’s Costa del Sol – sparking weather alerts as the region braces for even worse conditions.
Spain’s national weather bureau issued an unprecedented emergency response after floodwaters reached worrying levels.
Red weather alerts for “extreme danger” have been issued across 27 municipalities in the Málaga region.
The Sol and Guadalhorce are among the worst-hit areas, and authorities are urging people not to leave their houses.
Shocking footage shows the roads turned into rivers as torrents of debris-filled mud swept away cars and trees.
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Cars can be seen floating through the water as the strong currents crash around them, leaving locals and tourists alike trapped inside.
Authorities said floodwaters at some places were “several meters in height”
The picturesque favourite for Brits was thrown into chaos after heavy rains battered the holiday hotspot in the southern part of the country.
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.
It all comes just weeks after Storm Alice wreaked havoc in Spain.
Footage shows cars floating through the flash flooding caused by torrential rain, turning roads into rivers of mud.
Others show the moments drivers are rescued from their submerged vehicles by emergency service workers.
But the worst of all weather disasters happened last year when eadly Spanish floods killed 220 people.
The October storms wreaked havoc across holiday hotspots on the Iberian Peninsula.
Meanwhile, another part of Europe is also experiencing wild weather conditions after the eruption of a huge volcano on the east coast of Sicily.
Dramatic footage shows Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, sending glowing lava and huge clouds of ash into the air.
Huge clouds can be seen rising from the mountain as a serene skier makes their way down the slopes, apparently unaware of the eruption.
Etna entered a new eruptive phase on Boxing Day, with Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) confirming the activity.