The flash floods were caused by heavy rain, which by Wednesday morning had begun "easing off," according to the country's meteorological agency.

Storms in Spain caused school closures and train cancellations on Wednesday, two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other parts of the country killed more than 220 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Jesús Lucero Ezquerro lives in Valencia and describes deep mud and cars piled up in the Spanish city where a storm has killed over 100 people.