In Campanillas, cars have been dragged and stacked upon one another while another was thrown through a bank's shop window by more than metre-high rapids.
Maqueda, too, has been hit hard, with both areas seeing dozens of homes and businesses completely flooded.
The cost of the damage is estimated to be in the millions as the Andalucian president Juanma Moreno is set to visit Campanillas today.
Calle Cristobalina Fernández en Campanillas inundada.
— Vanessa Bueno® (@vanessaBuenoSan) January 25, 2020
Contenedores corriendo, coches inundados y sótanos.
El miedo es real. Es un río Málaga.#Malaga pic.twitter.com/PDcL9S8PNN
WOW.... views after the severe hailstorm in #Malaga, Spain yesterday morning 23rd of January! Photos via 📸 Andrea Magnani; #severeweather #StormGloria #ExtremeWeather pic.twitter.com/t6rOZ2PI5Y
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) January 24, 2020
It comes after the weather took a severe turn last night as an orange level warning was activated for much of the province for rail, hail and storms.
At least 232 incidents were reported between midnight and 7am as houses and streets filled with water, particularly in Campanillas, but also in Mijas, Benalmadena, Marbella, Alhaurin de la Torre, Torremolinos and Estepona.
Campanillas pic.twitter.com/42ak2nctP6
— Agustín Ríos (@RGAgustin) January 25, 2020
5:57 de la mañana en Campanillas (Málaga). @A3Noticias @laSextaTV @noticias_cuatro pic.twitter.com/XIAOU72rrU
— Mónica Núñez (@MonicaNu4) January 25, 2020
A family had to be rescued from a car in Malaga city after it was taken by a stream.
In Marbella, at least 12 cars were trapped this morning after the epic hail storm left a thick sheet of ice on the streets.
The orange warning is in place until 6pm today.
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