Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the Costa del Sol region of southern Spain after a red weather alert was issued for extreme rain and flooding. Spain's Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones in Málaga province after ...

Flood warnings extend across much of southern Spain, with meteorologists cautioning that rivers could overflow and gusts of up to 74 miles per hour may worsen the situation. Classes have been suspended in schools in Malaga, Valencia and some municipalities ...

The famous Costa del Sol including the tourist resorts of Marbella and Estepona is expected to take the brunt of the extreme weather phenomenon known as a DANA, a cold drop which was the cause of the catastrophic flash floods which killed more than 200 people in and around the east coast city of Valencia alone.

The Malaga province, including the tourist resort of Marbella on the Costa del Sol, is expected to take the brunt of the weather but Catalonia in northeastern Spain has also been ... areas such as the eastern and southern Mediterranean, El Mundo reported.