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Malaga streets have turned to rivers as floodwaters sweep through the Costa del Sol. Footage released by the Guardia Civil shows the river bursting its bank in Benamorgasa with vehicles submerged.
Video: Malaga streets turn to rivers as floodwaters sweep through Costa del Sol town Watch: Cars and furniture lay piled up in mud as Spain reels from deadly floods 02:01 , Andy Gregory
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".
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
The floods and mudslides were the result of an extreme weather event that, in some places, dropped more than double the monthly average of rainfall in a very short period. Between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time (and UTC ), 108 mm (4¼ inches) of rain was recorded at Funchal weather station and 165 mm (6½ inches) of rain at the weather station ...
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The Malaga Half Marathon (Spanish: Media Maratón de Málaga [6] or Media Maratón Ciudad de Málaga [7] [a]) is an annual road-based half marathon hosted by Málaga, Spain, since 1991. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] [ 13 ] The marathon is a World Athletics Label Road Race .
Spaniards braced for further heavy rain and storms on Wednesday, just two weeks after rain and flash floods prompted rivers to overflow in Valencia and other parts of Spain killing more than 200 ...