Heavy rains in Barcelona disrupt rail service as troops search for more flood victims in Valencia

The recurrent storms successful eastbound Spain that led to monolithic flooding past week and killed complete 200 people, mostly adjacent Valencia, are dumping rainfall connected Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain -- The recurrent storms successful eastbound Spain that led to massive flooding past week and killed complete 200 people, mostly adjacent Valencia, dumped rainfall connected Barcelona connected Monday, prompting authorities to suspend commuter obstruction service.

Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente said he was suspending each commuter trains successful northeast Catalonia, a region pinch 8 cardinal people, connected petition from civilian protection officials.

Mobile phones successful Barcelona screeched pinch an alert for “extreme and continued rainfall” connected nan confederate outskirts of nan city. The alert urged group to debar immoderate usually barren gorges aliases canals.

Puente said that nan rains had forced aerial postulation controllers to alteration nan people of 15 flights operating astatine Barcelona’s airport, located connected nan confederate flank of nan city.

Several highways person been closed owed to flooding.

Classes were cancelled successful Tarragona, a metropolis successful confederate Catalonia astir halfway betwixt Barcelona and Valencia, aft a reddish alert for rains was issued.

Meanwhile, successful Valencia, nan hunt continued for bodies wrong houses and thousands of wrecked cars strewn successful nan streets, connected highways, and successful canals that channeled past week's deluge into populated areas.

Citizens, volunteers and thousands of soldiers and constabulary officers are helping successful nan gargantuan clean-up effort of mud and debris.