SODDEN Spain is due to be drenched with even more rain after a colossal storm surge and “extreme danger” red warnings left areas underwater.
A “major danger” orange warning still looms over Brit holiday island Ibiza, with Mallorca and parts of the east mainland coast under yellow alerts.
This city stairway in Valencia turned into a raging waterfall[/caption]
Cars were swept away by raging torrents in Zaragoza[/caption]
Eastern parts of Spain – including Catalonia and cities down the coast – received a huge dump of rain yesterday and overnight during wild storms.
Red alerts – the highest level of danger – were activated for Tarragona, Castellón and Valencia on Monday, with schools and parks remaining closed today.
Record rainfall was recorded in Valencia, where winds also whipped at more than 60mph.
Dramatic footage shows rivers cascading down city stairways, cars being swept along by powerful currents and foaming whirlpools engulfing streets.
Over in the Balearics, emergency services were alerted to 61 different incidents – most of them on Ibiza.
Roads on the islands have been closed off and a school in party town San Antonio had to be evacuated.
Basements and garages were reported to have completely flooded and some roads leading to the main airport were shut.
Streets were turned into rivers by flooding, which uprooted trees and damaged cars.
Footage from Sueca shows standing water submerging the town after the rain has subsided.
A clip from the south-eastern Murcia shows a pedestrian being swept down the road by gushing brown water.
Up in southern Catalonia, they recorded the highest rainfall in 30 years – and there was also a significant spike in lightning activity.
Rubén del Campo, a spokesperson for Spain‘s meteorological agency Aemet, said the storm “will continue in the coming hours”, but emphasized it should “diminish”.
The latest warnings from the meteorological group say the orange warning for Ibiza will be in place until 4pm today, while the yellow warning will be lifted from Valencia at noon.
For Ibiza, the agency warned: “Significant danger, be cautious!”
Flooding in Molina de Segura in Murcia yesterday[/caption]
Last year, some 230 people were killed in floods in Valencia – so the authorities are anxious to keep people safe.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez yesterday urged locals to follow guidance issued by emergency services.
Valencia locals received a notification on their phones stressing the need to avoid travel and avoid road closures.
Residents were also instructed to seek higher ground in order to avoid the floods.
On Monday, shocking videos showed drivers trapped in their vehicles in the middle of raging torrents.
Water cascades over a residential wall in Valencia[/caption]
Emergency services battled through deep water in Valencia to answer calls[/caption]
A car passes a rockslide outside the town of Eslida, in Castellon[/caption]
