Heavy rainfall has sparked surprise flash floods in parts of Andalucia.
Footage from inland Granada from Friday evening and Saturday morning shows streets totally submerged by muddy water while cars are being dragged away.
The worst affected areas overnight were Casa Nueva and Pinos Puente, with emergency services filmed cleaning up the wreckage on Saturday morning.
Andalucia’s firefighting service INFOCA said: ‘We are working in the Granada locality of #PinosPuente (the Casanueva and Zujaira districts) resolving the incidents caused by the rains that fell yesterday in the area.’
Storm Alice has wrought havoc across eastern and southern Spain over the past few days.
The Costa Blanca south and parts of Murcia’s coastline had been placed under a red alert by state weather agency, meaning there was an ‘extreme risk’ to personal safety.
Meteorologists predicted that up to 180mm of rainfall could fall on the affected areas over a 12-hour period on Friday.
Footage from Pilar de la Horadada in Alicante late on Friday night showed how the Urbana ravine had completely overflowed with flood water.
Muddy water could be seen gushing down stairs and making a ferocious sound as it crashed by people recording on their mobile phones.
Weather experts at the Proyecto Mastral organisation said in an update at midnight: ‘It keeps raining in many areas of Alicante and the Region of Murcia.
‘There are towns that have already far exceeded 150 litres per square metre. Notable tonight is the storm affecting the border between Alicante and Murcia.’
In Los Alcazares in Murcia, authorities were seen frantically building walls with sand bags as the Albujon ravine began to fill to dangerous levels and was placed on an orange alert.
Footage shared on X earlier on Friday showed roads in the La Manga region of Murcia being submerged in muddy water.
It came after a ‘water tornado’, also known as a wate
