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Dozens of people were evacuated from a waterfront building after huge waves of 12 m swept balconies in Tenerife, Spain.
Dramatic images show huge waves breaking on the third floor of a Mesa del Mar building, prized by the British, The sun reports.
Violent storms caused the windows of the restaurant to burst, sweeping cars into the sea and the destruction of a football pitch by severe flooding on the tourist island.
The mayor of the region, Alvaro Davila, said that 65 apartments, some of which would be holiday homes, were evacuated.
He also confirmed that no one was injured in this alert, which led 39 people to be ordered to leave two buildings in Garichico, in the north-west of Tenerife.
Meanwhile, the guests were amazed by the waves that smashed the windows of a hotel restaurant on the south coast of the island.
Dramatic images show a hotel on fire after being struck by lighting in Marbella.
You could see smoke coming out of the Playa hotel in the Las Chapas area.
The incidents occurred after officials of the regional government issued a severe weather warning while a violent storm was falling on the north of Tenerife and other parts of the Canary Islands.
Garichico was one of the most affected areas, with waves crashing on the dike and flooding the streets to the amazement of the locals who filmed the fluvial race that was heading towards them as it ran for safety .
Further south, in the hotspots of the Adeje holiday, waves were also reported that broke the windows of a hotel restaurant, but there were no injuries either.
The first evacuations took place around 10 pm on Saturday evening, and others around 2 am.
Most of the evacuated houses in Mesa del Mar are holiday homes.
The city is popular with holidaymakers and has two natural pools that draw huge crowds of locals and visitors from one day to the next.
Some parts of Malaga were also hit by heavy downpours, with Mijas, Ojen and Coin all very affected.
The Playa de Las Chapas hotel caught fire after being struck by lightning.
The streets of Marbella have become virtual rivers because of the rain.
The roads around Los Llanitos and Herrizo were destroyed by a landslide.
On the Spanish mainland, the province of Valencia on the east coast and parts of the Costa Blanca have been placed on red alert for tomorrow as they prepare for torrential rains.
Twenty town halls in the region, including the seaside resorts of Javea and Denia on the Costa Blanca, have announced the closure of schools today due to weather warnings.
