Police helicopter crew rescue dog and owner from Malaga floods

HUGE swathes of Malaga province were submerged under flood waters today as the region recorded some of the heaviest rainfall for 30 years.

One person drowned in a basement in Estepona as rain lashed the Costa del Sol.

The emergency services were inundated with calls as roads were blocked and motorists abandoned their cars.

And a Guardia Civil helicopter was called into action to rescue a dog and its owner from waist-high flood water in the Guadalhorce valley.

President of the Junta de Andalucia, Susana Díaz, is visiting the area today to see the mopping up operation first hand.

Siguiendo con preocupación los daños por la lluvia en #Málaga y otras zonas de #Andalucía. La Junta trabaja en la atención a los afectados.

— Susana Díaz Pacheco (@susanadiaz) December 4, 2016