Streets have become submerged in flood water across Sevilla following hours of extreme rainfall.
The dramatic scenes were shared on social media on Wednesday, as much of western Andalucia faced weather alerts for heavy rain, storms and even tornadoes.
The Universities of Sevilla, Pablo Olavide and Loyola suspended classes after at least 115mm per square metre fell by mid afternoon.
Streets were flooded throughout the city, and water even entered some Tussam buses.
The Macarena hospital experienced extreme flooding, while underground car parks in the city centre were filmed filling up with water.
State weather agency Aemet maintained an orange alert for heavy rain in the Sierra Norte and the Sevilla countryside until 9pm.
Videos shared on X in the morning showed the moment suspected tornadoes tore through the Huelva towns of Isla Cristina and Gibraleon.
In the latter, a restaurant’s tables and chairs were filmed being flung into the air by the weather phenomenon, as punters and stuff ran for cover.
In a clip from Ayamonte, also in Huelva, a woman can be heard saying ‘no, no, no’ as her street fills with muddy floodwater.
Residents in Isla Cristina also claimed to have recorded the moment a tornado swept through the town.
The footage, shared on X, showed trees being blown backwards by a misty blast of wind, although footage of a tornado’s signature column formation has yet to emerge.
Scenes of floodings began in the early hours as six provinces were placed on various alerts for rainfall and winds of up to 80km/hr.
Video clips showed streets turned into rivers in parts of Huelva overnight, where an Atlantic storm was the first to hit.
Severe flooding has been recorded in towns like Magazon, where videos showed cars almost submerged underwater.
The province was one of three to have been warned of potential tornadoes and so-called waterspouts due to the extreme weather conditions.
