Severe thunderstorms and torrential rain have once again battered coastal Spain, causing flooding and evacuations just two weeks after the country experienced deadly flooding in Valencia and other nearby communities.

The Malaga area, including the tourist resorts of Marbella, Velez and Estepona, is expected to take the brunt of the extreme weather phenomenon known as a "Dana". Parts of the eastern Valencia area have also been placed on the highest alert, weeks after the area was devastated by flash floods that killed more than 220 people.

Spain evacuated thousands of residents and closed schools on Wednesday as torrential rains lashed the country two weeks after its worst

Schools will be closed on Wednesay after the national weather agency placed parts of Valencia on red alert on Wednesday night, as well as Catalonia in the northeast and Malaga in the southeast.

MADRID - Spain closed schools and evacuated residents as heavy rains lashed the country on Nov 13, two weeks after its worst floods in a generation killed more than 200 people.

Spain's traumatized Valencia region emerged unscathed from an urgent rain alert on Thursday, two weeks after the country's deadliest floods in decades killed more than 200 people there.

The weather situation in Spain is becoming increasingly challenging. A tornado was observed in Marbella, located in the southern part of the country, and other cities are experiencing floods. The government agency has issued alerts to residents.

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. National weather agency AEMET issued a red alert lasting until midday (1100 GMT) on Thursday for the Valencia coast,