At least four people are missing after torrential rains caused flash flooding across southern and eastern Spain, hitting popular holiday resorts.

Some areas across the Costa Del Sol, and further north in Valencia on the Costa Blanca, got a month’s worth of rain on Tuesday, as mud-coloured waters carried away cars and cut off roads and rail connections.

Emergency services workers are looking for “around four” people who are missing in the wake of the flash floods, Letur Mayor Sergio Marin Sanchez told Spanish public television.