Fears are growing for a 35-year-old woman who was swept away by a river while trying to save her dog in Malaga.
The incident occurred in the town of Sayalonga, by the Turvilla River on Wednesday night.
According to reports, the local woman was trying to save her pet dog after it fell into the stream.
Emergency services said they have recovered the animal but the woman remains missing.
The 112 emergency hotline received a call at 7.14pm, reports local newspaper Malaga Hoy.
Some eight firefighters from the Málaga Provincial Consortium were first to arrive at the scene.
They were later joined by members of the Guardia Civil’s Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group (GREIM) and the Special Underwater Activities Group (GEAS).
Members of the Algarrobo Local Police and Civil Protection have also joined the search, which is taking place downstream from the place where he was last seen.
Whole of Andalucia on alert Thursday
The whole of Andalucia will remain on some form of weather alert on Thursday, Aemet has confirmed.
While conditions will not be as severe as Wednesday, local authorities are warning of flooding due to the ground being extremely saturated following weeks of consistent rain.
The west of Andalucia, including Huelva, Sevilla, Cadiz provinces will be covered by a yellow alert for wind only, with maximum gusts of 80km/hr.
The same alert is in place on the coast of Granada and in its Sierra Nevada and Alpujarra regions.
In Malaga, the Costa del Sol, Guadalhorce Valley and Ronda continue to be on a yellow alert for heavy rainfall on Thursday, plus strong winds of up to 70km/hr.
Elsewhere, the whole of Almeria is under a more serious orange warning for strong winds of up to 90km/hr until 9pm on Thursday.
An identical alert is in place for the southern half of Cordoba province, majority of Jaen province and the Guadix and Baza region of Granada.
At sea, the waters off the coast of the Axarquia, Granada’s Costa Tropical and the whole of Almeria are under an orange alert for tough conditions.
Aemet is warning of 75km/hr winds and waves of up to five metres.
Read more Andalucia news at the Spanish Eye.
