The Spanish holiday islands of Ibiza and Formentera have been hit by widespread flooding.

The popular Mediterranean destinations were placed under "red alert" on Tuesday, as the country's national weather service AEMET warned of "torrential rains" and floods.

As of 8.30pm local time on Tuesday (7.30pm UK time), Ibiza's capital Ibiza Town had seen 254mm of rain over the past 24 hours, with Ibiza airport recording 174mm. There was 109mm of rainfall recorded on Formentera in the same period.

The airport daily rainfall figure was the highest since 1952, while Ibiza Town and Formentera had the most rain in a day since 2015. Ibiza Town's 254mm was more than half what normally falls in the area in a whole year.

AEMET had said on Tuesday that more than 180mm could fall in 12 hours, as the region was h