Red weather alert for Spain’s Costa del Sol: Biblical storms spark floods and landslides as cars and bins are dramatically washed away [Video]

A RED-level alert has been activated for the Costa del Sol and parts of inland Malaga due to the extreme rainfall currently battering the region.

The emergency warning from state weather agency Aemet is in place until at least 3pm today.

A red-level alert is the most severe and means there is an ‘extreme risk’ to personal safety.

The warning also includes inland areas such as Cartama and Alora, which are witnessing the worst of the flooding.

Video footage shared online shows local flooding affecting the entire coast. Some streets in Nerja and Fuengirola have been turned into rapids, with similar scenes seen in some areas of Marbella.

In Malaga city, huge rubbish containers were filmed being carried by the water down one street with ease, at one point blocking a police car that was attempting to drive through the deluge.

In Benalmadena, firefighters have responded to a landslide on …