The province joins Malaga in the Costa del Sol, which is already under a red weather alert, as Spain once again finds itself battling rising floodwaters after the recent flash floods killed more than 200 people and destroyed homes.

Thousands of people have been evacuated as parts of Spain are lashed with rain, just weeks after flash flooding caused the country’s worst natural disaster in living memory. Red weather alerts were issued on Wednesday evening in Valencia as more torrential rain hit areas already devastated by the previous flooding that left more than 220 people dead,