A RED alert has now been issued for Barcelona after the catastrophic flash floods in Valencia have cost the lives of at least 217 people.
Spain’s weather service has issued a red warning of “extreme danger” and urged people not to travel “unless strictly necessary.”
Flights have been cancelled at Barcelona’s El Prat airport
X/SERCatalunyaAnother 15 flights due to land at Barcelona Airport were diverted[/caption]
Passengers wading through water at the airport
Mobile phones screeched with an alert for “extreme and continued rainfall” on the southern outskirts of the city.
The alert also urged people to avoid any normally dry gorges or canals.
The deadly storms that have hit the Spanish Valencia region last week have now caused chaos in Barcelona with flash floods in the areas around the city’s airport.
Local officials in Catalonia have warned of “continuous and torrential” rain in two regions.
The airport operator Aena cancelled 50 flights heading to the El Prat Airport due to the rainstorm in the area.
And Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente said another 15 flights that were due to land in Barcelona airport this morning were diverted.
Shocking footage shows water pouring from the ceilings as passengers were seen wading through the water at the departure gates.
Several highways have been closed due to flooding.
The Transport minister said he was also suspending all commuter trains in northeast Catalonia.
It comes as last night flooding hit the area of Tarragona in the Catalonia region.
Footage shows several inches of water rushing down city streets past cars and flooding parts of the city.
Classes were cancelled in Tarragona, a city in southern Catalonia after a red alert for rains was issued.
Meanwhile, in flood-ravaged Valencia, the search for bodies continues today as residents, volunteers and thousands of soldiers and police officers have joined the clean-up efforts of mud and debris.
At least 217 people have died in the killer floods that devastated Valencia over the last week.
The death toll is expected to rise to about 400, making it Europe’s deadliest flash flood in five decades – as another 2,000 remain missing.
About 15 flights were diverted due to rainstorms
RexFloods in Valencia have left at least 217 dead and several missing[/caption]
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