At least ten people, including a young girl and an elderly woman, have died as floods in southern Spain overturned cars and forced hundreds to flee their homes.
At least 600 people had to be evacuated from their homes in the Andalusia region, with some forced to take refuge on their roofs as torrential rains caused rivers to break their banks, flooding roads and rail routes.
This morning, the storms were moving east towards the port of Valencia.
A woman in her 80s died early Friday when a river breached its banks and floodwater swept past her home in Alora, north of Malaga.
Two others died later in the same Andalusia region, while three others were killed in the neighbouring region of Murcia, including a 10-year-old girl.
In the village of Villanueva del Trabuco, roads were covered in brown floodwater and teams were working to unearth cars while locals swept the muddy pavements.
The state weather agency AEMET said up to 245 litres of water per square metre had fallen in the area in the morning alone.
Tornado knocks down Ferris wheel in Gandia
A tornado swept through a fairground in a Spanish town, knocking down a Ferris wheel and injuring 35 people.
Friday's tornado damaged several rides and cut electricity in the temporary fair set up in the main square of Gandia, according to its town hall website.
It said 15 of the injured were seriously hurt, all of whom were treated on site.
Local media reported the fair in Valencia province was closed to the public at the time of a thunderstorm and that all the injured were fair workers.
