A popular Spanish tourist destination has been struck by a 'water explosion' and furious floods after the region was hit with the most rain it saw in 70 years.
A waterfall was formed along the Barranco del Saltador River in Cehegín, Murcia on Thursday when heavy rainfall fell in the region.
The rapidly flowing water broke out along the river after the region was hit with more than 400 litres per square meter of rain in the first six days of March.
Quickly flowing floods have changed Murcia's streets to rivers, with video that shows how cars and containers are wiped out in hasty water.
Continuous rainfall has led river beds to flooded and the road closures throughout the region. Civil servants have asked the locals to prevent travel.
The east, south and parts of the north of the country received yellow and orange warnings earlier this week that include Murcia and various other tourist hotspots, including Malaga, Valencia and Alicante.
Spanish Meteorological Agency Aemet lifted all the heavy rainfall warnings on Friday morning, but WArred that Storm Jana is expected to bring strong wind and further showers to the area during the weekend.
The final round of bad weather comes after the Canary Islands have been hit with flash floods and heavy snow in back-to-back episodes.
A waterfall was formed along the Barranco del Saltador River in Cehegín, Murcia on Thursday when heavy rainfall fell in the region. The rapidly flowing water broke out along the river after the region was hit with more than 400 litres per square meter of rain in the first six days of March
Quickly flowing floods have changed the streets of Murcia in rivers. Cars were swept away by running water on Thursday after the Río Guadalentín was flooded
The final round of bad weather comes after the Canary Islands have been hit with flash floods and heavy snow in back-to-back episodes. Cars were swallowed on Monday by furious floods in Gran Canaria
Heavy rainfall ensured that landslides on Thursday in Lorca, southwest of the city of Murcia, on Thursday, erupted houses, garages and other buildings, El Español reported.
Vehicles and roads were washed away in furious floods. The local emergency team responded in just five hours to 110 incidents, most related to floods.
Officials carried out 12 saves from vehicles and people, according to reports, but luckily no fatalities were registered on Thursday. A father of two, 50 years old, was killed on Monday when the Rambla de Ramonete flooded.
The area has been destroyed by the weather, with provisional damage estimates are at least 13 million euros (£ 10.9 million).
The Lorca city council expects this to increase after officials inspect infrastructures in the municipality.
The regional government is also planning to ask that Lorca is declared a disaster area.
Dozens of roads were closed on Thursday, with several still closed Friday due to floods and other damage, according to Murcia today.
Fast running water rushes through the Salto Del Usero from Bullas, Murcia on Thursday after the area had registered the 200 litres rainfall per square meter, causing the Mula River flooded to flood
The river bed of the Río Guadalentín, a tributary of the Río Segura, flowed over on Thursday, causing streets to flood in the city of Lorca, Murcia
Residents look at a flooded area that blocks a road between the cities of Cehegin and Canara after the river Argos flooded due to heavy rainfall in Murcia
A vehicle for emergency services will be driven on Thursday through a flooded road in the city of Cehegin in the midst of heavy rainfall in Murcia, Southestern Spain
An employee uses a county on a damaged road near Quipar River in the city of Cehegin due to heavy rainfall in Murcia, Southeast Spain on Thursday
The Spanish mainland was hammered this week with bad floodsWith visual material that shows that entire roads are changed in rivers, while flash floors are flooding entire cities.
Cars were forced to drive on with water loaded streets and firefighters were seen by knee -high water as they tried to erase roads and save people who were in their vehicles.
Schools and Social Services Centers are forced to close after days of harmful and heavy rainfall.
The rainfall is expected to continue this weekend while Storm Jana rolls through. Although meteorologists predict that it will be 'less persistent' than earlier this week, the accumulation levels are expected to continue to rise.
The region will fight against strong winds from Saturday evening and until Sunday morning, especially northwest of Murcia.
The temperatures can fall at night to as low as 2C in the north and 5c to 8c in the south. The temperature during the day is expected to be around 15 ° C to 17 ° C.
Storm Jana will also bring snowfall to the mountains during Friday and the weekend.
It is expected that thunderstorms and showers will continue next week, but at the moment no heavy weather warnings have been given.
Two men look at the Argos river on their way through the city of Cehegin after heavy rainfall in Murcia on Thursday
A resident is at a flooded area that blocks a road between the cities of Cehegin and Canara on Thursday after the heavy rainfall has hit the Murcia region
The floured river Argos on its way through the city of Cehegin due to heavy rainfall in Murcia, Southeast Spain on Thursday
The flood comes after the Canary Islands have been flooded in recent days, with streets that were changed in rivers by the weather phenomenon that is known locally as Dana – a Spanish acronym for isolated depression at great heights, and in contrast to common storms or buien it can be independent of polar or subtropic jet steams.
On Monday, dramatic images arose from the Canary Islands showing that cars are quickly swept tens of meters into the sea while strong rain hits the island.
In another clip, a car is entangled in the swell before it is flushed on the road and out of sight. While some cars were dragged into the sea by the aggressive floods, others were stuck or destroyed vertically.
Bollards rattled and bins were also wiped out by the heavy streams. A number of vehicles were also dragged to the Las Bachilleras Ravine.
Clear operations started with residents and firefighters who kick and tackle brushes to remove hills of mud on the street and houses from the heavily affected Salinetas district.
When cold air blows over warm Mediterranean waters, it ensures that hotter air rises quickly and forms towering, dense, water loaded with water that can stay over the same area for many hours, increasing their destructive potential.
Aemet says that Danas sometimes becomes stationary or even goes backwards, from east to west.
Water from the Rio Ebro rushed earlier this week through the Viuda Ravine in Castellón (photo). The flood caused damage in the nearby cities of Els Ivarsos and Sierra Engarcerán
The newest bad weather comes after Canary Islands were hit with flashy floods and heavy snow in back-to-back episodes. Depicted is a sun lounge in Lanzarote, Canary Islands that was flooded earlier this week
Firefighters were seen by knee -high water while they tried roads in Gran Canaria, to erase Canary Islands earlier this week
Redners were forced to save stranded citizens after floods broke out earlier this week in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands,
Spain has seen enormous floods in recent days. Displayed is a destroyed wall and flood damage outside the Jable Bermudas apartments in Lanzarote, Canary Islands earlier this week
Last year, flash flames in Valencia and other parts of Spain kill more than 200 people, destroyed thousands of houses and caused mass protests against regional authorities.
The most current reports indicate that 223 people lost their lives, with at least 31 still lacking, making it the deadliest weather disaster in Spain in decades.
The emergency aid included the use of more than 2,000 employees from the military Nooden unit of Spain, who worked together with local responders and volunteers to perform rescue and recovery operations.
An extra number of more than 30,000 volunteers were mobilized from all over the country to support the clean -up efforts.
To date, hundreds of families have lost their homes and have destroyed thousands of their vehicles.
