During a visit to Valencia in the immediate aftermath of the floods, King Felipe VI, prime minister Pedro Sánchez, and regional president Carlos Mazón faced public outrage in the town of Paiporta, where residents threw mud and hurled insults, frustrated by what they saw as insufficient state support.

Two weeks after flash floods killed hundreds of people, several areas of Spain have been placed on high alert as a new weather front is expected to bring torrential rain and low temperatures

Spain's Costa del Sol is on red alert for 'extreme risk' of flooding as thousands have been evacuated from their homes and schools remain closed following new storm warnings