Video captures the moment people in Málaga struggle to cross a road as flood water surges through it.

Filmed at around 13:30 local time (12:30 GMT) the footage shows water gradually gathering speed as it gushes down a cobbled street in Calle Alcazabilla.

Spain’s Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones in Málaga province after 22:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Tuesday evening warning of an “extreme risk of rainfall”.