BREAKING: Spain flooding red warning activated over 'extreme risk' of bad weather on Costa Del Sol

Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Costa del Sol over new flooding fears after a alert for the area went from yellow to red and locals and holidaymakers were warned: "There is 'extreme risk.'”

Spain’s Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to mobile phones in Malaga province just after 10pm last night warning in Spanish and English: “Red warning activated. Extreme risk of rainfall. Be very cautious, avoid travel.”

In a move estimated to have affected more than 300,000 pupils, it was announced all schools in the province would remain shut today.

A “preventative” evacuation began earlier of around 3,000 people living in approximately 1,000 homes near the Guadalhorce River, one of the worst-affected areas during torrential rainfall and storms a fortnight ago which were blamed for the death of a 71-year-old British expat.

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