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 ...

Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the Costa del Sol after a red weather alert was issued for extreme rain and flooding. Both residents and holidaymakers were warned ‘there is an extreme risk’ by Spain’s Civil Protection Agency just after 10pm last night.

Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Costa del Sol, one of areas in southern Spain most loved by British tourists.The evacuation was sparked amid new flooding fears after a weather alert for the area went from yellow to red and locals and holidaymakers were warned: "There is 'extreme risk'.