WATCH: Shocking video of beach in southern Spain left in tatters following 'Beast from the East'

THIS is what was left of a chiringuito in southern Spain after it was hit by the Beast from the East.

https://www.facebook.com/chikibeachclub2017/videos/429141460856851/

The 30-second clip shows Chiki Beach Club in the Axarquia flooded with water and sea debris.

“Catastrophe,” wrote the beach restaurant, which posted the video on a Facebook today.

Six people have died in Spain as the ‘Beast from the East’ hits the country.

The violent weather front has brought heavy snow, rain and gale force winds across the country bringing transport to a grinding halt and forcing schools to close.

Orange alerts have been issued across the Canary Islands, Catalonia, Basque Country, Navarra and Aragon.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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