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Spain floods latest: Barcelona put on highest alert as airport flooded and 70 flights cancelled

Latest alert comes as British couple found dead – with total killed by devastating storms across country at more than 200

Barney Davis,Stuti Mishra
Tuesday 05 November 2024 03:19
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Barcelona Airport runway flooded as country put on red alert

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Barcelona is facing a red alert warning for dangerous torrential train, with part of the city, including the airport, beginning to flood.

Fatalities from Spain’s worst flash floods in modern history rose to 217 almost all of them in the Valencia region and more than 60 in the suburb of Paiporta. Hundreds are still missing

The deadly storm that swept through Barcelona led to the suspension of 70 departing flights and the diversion of another 18 at Barcelona-El Prat Airport, according to operator Aena.

The heavy rainfall has also caused flooding in key areas, including the T-1 terminal and parking facilities.

Footage from the city showed the runway completely submerged as one plane aborted a landing and the few planes left on the tarmac were forced to sludge through several inches of flood water.

Meanwhile, in Valencia, the search continued for bodies inside houses and thousands of wrecked cars strewn in the streets, on highways, and in canals that channeled last week's floods into populated areas.

In the Aldaia municipality, some 50 soldiers, police and firefighters, some wearing wetsuits, searched in a huge shopping center's underground parking lot for possible victims. They used a small boat and spotlights to move around in the huge structure with vehicles submerged in at least a meter of murky water.

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Dozens of Barcelona flights cancelled amid flooding

Spain’s airport operator has cancelled 50 flights at El Prat airport amid rainstorms in Barcelona.

Previously, they had cancelled just 15.

Tom Watling4 November 2024 11:48
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Barcelona airport floods - video

Footage published online has shown Barcelona’s El Prat airport hit by severe rainfall, with the runway completely flooded.

Tom Watling4 November 2024 11:43
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Spanish weather agency warns of ‘extreme danger’ due to heavy rainfall in Catalonia

Spain’s meteorological agency has warned of “extreme danger” in Catalonia as a result of intense rainfall.

In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, the agency warned of a “very intense downpour” at El Prat airport and in Baix Llobregat.

“Be very careful! Do not travel unless strictly necessary!” they wrote.

Tom Watling4 November 2024 11:36
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Footage shows flooding Catalonia amid extreme weather warnings

Tom Watling4 November 2024 11:26

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