Thousands in Spain unable to return home as rain deluge brings fresh flood risk - More than a month’s worth of rain fell in some regions on Wednesday just weeks after floods killed more than 200

Spain evacuated thousands of residents and closed schools on Wednesday as torrential rains lashed the country two weeks after its worst floods in a generation killed more than 220 people.- 'Prevention better than cure' - The rain meant schools and universities closed across large parts of Valencia,

National weather office AEMET has issued its highest possible alerts the Spanish provinces of Tarragona, Malaga and Valencia. Two weeks ago flash floods in Valencia and other parts of Spain killed more than 200 people.

Schools were closed, people were evacuated and transportation services were suspended on Wednesday due to excessive rainfall and flooding.

Several regions of Spain are under orange or red weather alerts for heavy rain and storms just weeks after deadly flooding killed at least 220 people. #EuropeNews

Spain officials have urged locals and tourists alike in an area popular with holidaymakers to avoid travel and "be very cautious".

Spain's national weather agency put parts of the eastern Valencia region under the highest alert level for rain on Wednesday, two weeks after floods killed more than 200 people there.