SPAIN has been hit by flash flooding, hail storms and tornadoes with torrential hitting holiday hotspots.
Roads in the capital Madrid became cascading rivers after heavy rainfall with cars in Ibiza left partly submerged by flooding.
The water in Madrid was so strong that cars and objects on the street were swept away by the strength of the current.
More than 9300 lightning strikes were recorded in Madrid over a six-hour period, said Spain’s meteorological agency Aemet
Pictures also showed lighting in the sky above San Sebastian in the Basque region, in the north of Spain.
Arganda del Rey, an area southeast of the capital, was hit hardest by the weather, and hailstones clogged up the road leading to a wintry wall of ice up to two feet thick in places.
Flights from London and elsewhere in Europe scheduled to land in Madrid-Barajas airport at midnight were forced to divert because of the storm.
Firefighters in the region were called out 152 times on while emergency services said they had received more than 1,000 calls.
“No one was hurt and the interventions were relatively minor for a storm of this magnitude – removing branches from roads, floods in garages, basements or commercial premises,” a spokesman for emergency services said.
The area has since been hit by torrential rain, flooding streets and houses.
Tornadoes ripped through in Campillos, in the Malaga region 300 miles south of Madrid, at one stage taking out an electricity pylon and causing a giant flash of fire.
The Antequera and Guadalteba regions of southwestern Spain are on yellow alert for more rain to come and areas there have also seen hail.
Seville has also experienced flooding with damage reported to homes and olive crops.
Meanwhile Brits holidaying in Ibiza have been experiencing a spell of heavy rain, which is heading to Majorca.
“We expect the isolated depression at high levels to continue its progress east, bringing rain and uncertainty to a large part of the peninsula and the Balearics,” Aemet said.
According to Aemet, Ibiza airport saw the heaviest rainfall for the whole of Spain on Tuesday with two inches falling with San Antonio not far behind.
EasyJet was forced to divert a flight from Southend to Palma, Majorca.
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