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Dozens of flights have been delayed and disrupted after a powerful storm bringing strong winds and heavy rain <\/a>has barrelled over popular tourist destination Costa del Sol<\/a> in Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thousands of residents have been evacuated along the Guadalhorce River west of Malaga<\/a> due to a high risk of flooding, while hospitals have already been overwhelmed with water as medics have been pictured wading through water in ward corridors.<\/p>\n Spanish airport authorities have asked that those flying out of Malaga<\/a>\u2019s airport and El Prat Airport in Barcelona to check with their airline before they travel for flight updates.<\/p>\n All train services have been halted in Malaga, while the city\u2019s train station was evacuated due to flooding, national rail infrastructure operator Adif has said.<\/p>\n The travel disruption in Malaga comes two weeks after the city and other areas of Eastern Spain, namely Valencia<\/a> were hit with devastating flash flooding due to torrential rainstorms, the worst flooding disaster the area has experienced<\/a> in decades.<\/p>\n In the aftermath of the floods, cars have been piled on the street surrounded by a sea of debris from damaged buildings and structures.<\/p>\n