On Thursday, parts of Spain were braced for even more flooding after orange alerts were issued for southern Granada and Valencia's coastal area, where between 40-120mm of rain were projected to fall. Winds of up to 74mph and high seas are predicted for Tarragona, Barcelona and Murcia.

The flash floods were caused by heavy rain, which by Wednesday morning had begun "easing off," according to the country's meteorological agency.

While the red alert was lifted on Thursday morning, severe warnings for up to 100mm remained in place after a night in which dozens of emergency callouts were reported, mostly in areas worst-hit by the previous floods, which killed more than 200 people and destroyed homes.

Spain's eastern Valencia region braced for more torrential rain on Wednesday, two weeks after the country's worst floods in generations killed more than 200 people there.

Spain's national weather agency put parts of the eastern Valencia region under the highest alert level for rain on Wednesday, two weeks after floods killed more than 200 people there. National weather agency AEMET issued a red alert lasting until midday (1100 GMT) on Thursday for the Valencia coast,