airport has been hit by flooding as brutal storms that have caused havoc across batter the city.

The storms have dumped water on Barcelona, causing flash flooding at the city's main airport El-Prat and in the surrounding areas, and leading to a 'red' alert for rain from the country's weather service warning people not to travel 'unless strictly necessary'. Passengers have been seen wading through the water as it courses into the terminal.

Live departures board show a number flights into and out of El-Prat have been cancelled so far today. Most which are still running have been delayed significantly, including British Airways and Iberia Airlines services to London

Authorities are scrambling to deal with the weather chaos. Mobile phones in Barcelona blasted out an alert warning those living in the city that 'extreme and continued rainfall' is due to hit the southern outskirts of the city. Videos shows water streaming into Barcelona Airport's departures hall and pouring from ceilings.

The recurrent storms in eastern Spain led to massive flooding last week and killed over 200 people, mostly near Valencia. Today they dumped rain on Barcelona, prompting authorities to suspend commuter rail service. Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente said he was suspending all commuter trains in northeast Catalonia, a region with eight million people, on request from civil protection officials.

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Puente said that the rains had forced air traffic controllers to change the course of 15 flights operating at Barcelona’s airport, located on the southern flank of the city. Several highways have been closed due to flooding. Classes were cancelled in Tarragona, a city in southern Catalonia about halfway between Barcelona and Valencia, after a red alert for rains was issued.

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 channelled last week's deluge into populated areas. Citizens, volunteers and thousands of soldiers and police officers are helping in the gargantuan clean-up effort of mud and debris.

It was reported today that two elderly Brits who died after the Spanish floods hit Valencia have been identified by their heartbroken daughter.

Ruth O'Loughlin, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, confirmed that the bodies of her parents, 78-year-old Don Turner and his wife Terry, 74, were found in their car after flooding hit Valencia on Tuesday. Intense rainfall in the Spanish region has caused several feet worth of water to pool on city streets.

Mr and Mrs Turner are among three Britons confirmed to have been killed, with a local mayor announcing that their bodies were discovered over the weekend. Andoni Leon, the mayor of Pedralba, confirmed on Sunday that local volunteers had found the bodies in the small town, which is around 45 minutes from Valencia.

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