Red weather alerts have been issued and thousands evacuated as a powerful storm brings torrential rain and high winds to Spain just weeks after deadly flash floods hit the country.Spanish weather forecaster Aemet raised Valencia’s warning level to the maximum on Wednesday evening,

The Malaga area, including the tourist resorts of Marbella, Velez and Estepona, is expected to take the brunt of the extreme weather phenomenon known as a "Dana". Parts of the eastern Valencia area have also been placed on the highest alert, weeks after the area was devastated by flash floods that killed more than 220 people.

New storms in Spain have caused school closures and train cancellations, two weeks after flash floods in the Valencia region killed more than 220 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Schools were closed, people were evacuated and transportation services were suspended on Wednesday due to excessive rainfall and flooding.

Spain officials have urged locals and tourists alike in an area popular with holidaymakers to avoid travel and "be very cautious".

Fresh storms in Spain have left streets deluged and forced schools to close, two weeks after the worst floods in the country’s modern history, which killed more than 220 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Spain's Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to mobile phones in Malaga province just after 10pm last night.

The latest weather maps show heavy rainfall, which could lead to more flooding, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain - just two weeks after catastrophic flash floods hit Valencia