Thousands have been evacuated and a hospital is now only operating in one department after a powerful storm in Spain’s Costa del Sol region brought torrential rain and high winds.Just two weeks after flash floods killed more than 200 people and destroyed homes,

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.

Thousands of residents in Spain’s Costa del Sol have been evacuated over fears a new weather front that could bring flooding again to the region. Two weeks after the worst floods in the country’s modern history killed more than 200 people,