The floods have battered Valencia's infrastructure, sweeping away bridges, roads and rail tracks and submerging farmland in a region that produces about two-thirds of the citrus fruit grown in Spain, a leading global exporter of oranges.
Follow MailOnline's live blog covering the floods in Spain hereTorrential rain has deluged parts of Spain over the past week, causing devastating floods in Valencia which have left more than 200 people dead.
The forecaster predicted that as much as 180mm - or 180 litres of rain per square metre - could fall around Barcelona's El Prat airport in 24 hours. Aemet issued a red alert this morning for the Barcelona coastline, warning of the 'extreme danger' as a result of the 'very intense downpour'.It caused the runway and even inside the terminal building to flood, resulting in the cancellation and diversion of dozens of flights.
A view of mud and debris, following heavy rains that caused floods, at La Torre neighborhood in Valencia The record-breaking rainfall over the past week came after an almost two-year drought, meaning that when the deluge happened, the ground was so hard it could not absorb the rain.It had its warmest surface temperature on record in August, at 28.47 degrees Celsius , said Carola Koenig of the Centre for Flood Risk and Resilience at Brunel University of London.
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