Published images show cars washed away by the floods in Gran Canaria, with its streets become raging rivers as water levels rise. Piles of mud and dirt have covered the streets as torrential rain battered the popular holiday island. The entire island of Lanzarote - the easternmost island of the archipelago - is also under a weather warning.

On Tuesday, Gran Canaria’s airport closed due to water accumulation on the runways, however, one runway was back up and running within half an hour, Spain’s airport group Aena said. By early afternoon, Gran Canaria Airport had both runways in operation and flight proceedings were running as planned.

The flooding has affected Gran Canaria’s 850,000 residents leaving streets buried under mud and debris, and vehicles submerged beneath bridges.

Heavy rainfall caused flooding and chaos on Gran Canaria on Monday. The heavy rain was so strong that it washed cars into the sea. There has so far been no news of deaths or injuries. In the higher areas of the Canary Island,