Several councils across Spain have activated local emergency plans.

This was done in: Estepona, Malaga city, Antequera, Rincón de la Victoria, Marbella, Fuengirola, Genalguacil, Alhaurín de la Torre, Cártama, Alhaurín El Grande, Campillos, Torremolinos, Mijas, Benalmádena, Coín, Teba, Alozaina and Yunquera.

Elsewhere, Antonio Sanz, Andalusia’s Minister of the Presidency, said the regional government had moved the Flood Risk Plan to emergency phase, operational level 1.