Deadly storm death toll rises to five in Spain as helicopters pluck stranded residents from rooftops

Pego in Alicante province was deluged with 632mm of rain in just 36 hours, and Oliva took 600 litres per square metre in a single day. In Oliva, a 79-year-old woman was found dead in her home and a man suffered a fatal heart attack at a campsite. Security forces carried out more than 400 rescues across the Valencia region. In Els Poblets, cars and vans were left piled on top of one another.

Chef Javier Fornez, 49: 'Some people have lost everything all over again.'

Ibiza airport was forced to close twice after a record 173mm of rain fell in 24 hours.

The scenes echo the Valencia floods that killed more than 230 people two years ago.