Aftermath of flooding in Alora (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
THIS is the aftermath of the devastating DANA floods that wreaked havoc across inland Malaga on Tuesday.
Dozens of cars have been destroyed after being carried away by the overflowing Guadalhorce River.
Locals said it was ‘incredibly lucky’ that no one died and that the majority of the 50 or so cars had been parked up and empty when they were swept away.
Firefighters and other emergency services were on hand to clear up the wreckage on Wednesday.
Sources told the Olive Press that the Guadalhorce River around Alora surged by up to seven metres on Tuesday.
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of DANA floods in Alora, Malaga, October 30, 2024 (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Aftermath of flooding in Alora (Copyright Olive Press Spain)
Homes in Alora village were filled with up to 1.5m of floodwater.
The damage caused by the extreme weather is expected to run into the millions.
At least 40 people had to be rescued from their homes overnight while water and electricity supplies were completely cut off.
Town halls across Malaga are today calculating the damage caused by the DANA.
Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.
After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.
On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.
This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.
After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.
After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.
As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.
He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.
He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.
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