Coastal areas of Valencia were placed under the highest alert on Wednesday evening, with up to 7 inches of rain in the forecast.

By Michael Francis Gore, Vincent West and Jon Nazca VALENCIA/MALAGA (Reuters) - Spaniards braced for further heavy rain and storms on Wednesday, just two weeks after rain and flash floods prompted rivers to overflow in Valencia and other parts of Spain killing more than 200 people and destroying homes and property.

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

Spain's national weather agency put parts of the eastern Valencia region under the highest alert level for rain on Wednesday, two weeks after floods killed more than 200 people there.

Spaniards brace for further heavy rain and storms just two weeks after deadly flash floods in Valencia:: Malaga, Spain:::: Miguel Espinosa, Resident and civil servant“People are very worried because five years ago the river rose almost one meter over the street level.