SUDDEN snowfall has now blasted the Canary Islands following a flash flood that swept through holiday hotspots. Shocking footage showed the islands being struck by muddy swathes of water just

Tourists have been warned to stay indoors as heavy flooding swept debris through the streets of the Canary Islands. Video and pictures from the town of Telde, one of the worst hit areas on the eastern half of Gran Canaria, showed cars being swept out to sea by muddy flood waters.

Eyewitness footage captured the bold rescue of a woman trapped in her car as raging floodwaters threatened to sweep it downstream in Spain’s Gran Canaria on Monday (March 3). Ramon Vera, the man who raced to help her, recalled to Reuters the next day his shock at seeing cars being washed away.

During a period of heavy rain, the Canary Islands Government also advised to avoid driving and, if absolutely necessary, take extreme precautions, maintain a safe distance between vehicles, moderate speed and drive preferably on main roads or motorways, avoiding forest tracks or secondary roads.

Huge floods have hit one of Spain's top holiday islands, with authorities warning tourists to stay indoors as cars are swept out to sea.

Torrential rainfall turned streets into fast flowing rivers in parts of the popular holiday destination of Grand Canaria on Monday. The town of Telde in the east of the island was particularly hard hit with heavy downpours.

Eyewitness footage captured cars stranded on flooded streets and vehicle being swept into the sea by rising floodwaters in Spain's Gran Canaria on Monday (March 3).

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.