Spain rescuers search underground parking as fresh flooding hits Barcelona

Spanish rescuers are focusing their hunt for missing radical connected underground garages and a multi-storey car parkland pursuing past week's devastating floods successful Valencia.

It is feared shoppers and workers were trapped wrong the car parkland astatine a buying promenade successful Aldaia connected the outskirts of Valencia, arsenic floodwater deluged the area.

Police person confirmed that nary victims were located successful the archetypal 50 vehicles inspected astatine the site.

But reports suggest these vehicles were recovered adjacent the entranceway to the car park, and overmuch of the remainder of it is inactive submerged and yet to beryllium explored.

It comes arsenic Spain's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) placed portion of the north-eastern Catalonia portion connected reddish alert for torrential rain, with its superior Barcelona experiencing flooding connected Monday morning.

Catalan media showed footage of cars partially submerged connected a road and floodwater entering a bus. Water has besides entered parts of the city's El Prat airdrome including the nationalist country of Terminal 1 and much than 60 flights person been cancelled, delayed oregon diverted. Rail services person been suspended.

The decease toll aft a year's worthy of rainfall fell successful parts of the portion past week present stands astatine 217.

They see a missing British mates successful their 70s, whose household confirmed they had been recovered dormant successful their car days aft the flash floods deed the region.

On Monday greeting Spain’s interior curate refused to spot a fig connected those inactive missing.

The tempest caught galore victims successful their vehicles connected roads and successful underground spaces specified arsenic car parks, tunnels and garages wherever rescue operations are peculiarly difficult.

Outside the Bonaire buying promenade successful Aldaia connected Monday, rotting piles of debris lined the roads portion noisy generators pumped retired h2o - but thousands of gallons stay wrong the promenade car park.

When the BBC asked a section constabulary serviceman however overmuch longer the cognition would take, helium said helium could not springiness an estimate, but that teams would enactment present arsenic agelong arsenic necessary.

As is the lawsuit successful galore parts of the portion that person been crushed by the floods, determination is simply a vacuum of information.

There has been choler astatine a perceived deficiency of informing and insufficient enactment from authorities aft the floods.

On Sunday, the king and queen of Spain were pelted with mud and different objects by aggravated protesters during a sojourn to the municipality of Paiporta - 1 of the worst-affected successful Valencia.

Objects were besides thrown astatine Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who was rapidly evacuated.

The Civil Guard has opened an probe into the chaotic scenes, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told nationalist broadcaster TVE.

He blamed "marginal groups" for instigating the unit wherever mud spattered the monarchs' look and clothes.

Local authorities successful Valencia person extended question restrictions for different 2 days to facilitate the enactment of the exigency services, cancelled schoolhouse classes and urged radical to enactment from home.

Meanwhile Spain's defence curate has announced that a further 2,500 soldiers volition articulation the 5,000 troops already sent to the portion implicit the play to assistance administer nutrient and water, cleanable up streets and defender against looters.

A warship carrying 104 marine infantry soldiers arsenic good arsenic trucks with nutrient and h2o is besides connected its mode to Valencia's port.