Spain floods RECAP: Barcelona on 'extreme danger' red alert after flash flooding - as search continues for victims in Valencia

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Forensic investigators have performed autopsies of 190 of the victims of the floods, authorities today said.

But just 111 victims have been formally identified, leaving many who still haven't heard from their loved ones in the dark.

Valencia is asking the central Spanish government for €31.4million that be used to 'rebuild, relaunch and alleviate the effects of the damage.'

Thousands of people have had their homes and businesses affected by the floods.

The Department of Agriculture, Water, Livestock and Fisheries has so far removed more than 2,950 dead animals from farms in areas decimated by flooding to avoid risks to public health, it said in a statement today.

Spain's AEMET has lifted all weather warnings for Valencia, a week after floods devastated the region.

Warnings are still in place for Tarragona, which is at a 'significant' risk of averse conditions, as well as Catalonia, Aragon and Extremadura.

Scams have been on the rise in the wake of the devastation wrought on Spain by the floods.

The Spanish Consumer Authority told El Mundo that today alone 63 fraud notices were issued.

Miguel Ángel Ruiz, president of the association, said that many fraudsters had 'impersonated Oxfam and Red Cross workers', with many even showing up at people's homes asking for donations.

Spanish cops have arrested five people who were caught trying to steal a container of 200 tyres that had been swept away in the province of Valencia.

They were said to have used three vans to load the tyres.

The Spanish government has been accused of 'avoiding its responsibility' by not declaring a state of emergency.

The Secretary General of the left-wing Podemos party, Ione Belarra, accused prime minsister Carlos Mazón of 'homicidal management' and has requested the immediate implementation of a 'social shield' to help those affected by the severe weather.

Barcelona Airport has been forced to cancel 70 flights, and divert a further 18, following floods that have brought the city to a standstill.

The heavy rainfall, which comes after the devastatiing Valencia floods, has left terminals and parking facilities submerged underwater, according to national operator Aena.

The operator said the storm has disrupted all activites at the major flight hub, leading to 'considerable' delays in air traffic.

There are scenes of utter devastaion in Barcelona today following 'continuous and torrential' rain across the metropolitan area.

The sudden arrival of more flooding in Barcelona on Monday has seen thousands of people's journeys across Spain disrupted, with more than 50 flights cancelled and hundreds of trains delayed.

Pictures show passengers packed into waiting areas at major train stations and the El Part airport this afternoon.

Shocking footage has emerged from Spain showing parts of Valencia becoming completely engulfed by the deadly flash flooding that appeared from nowhere and has left at least 217 dead.

Torrents of water can be seen tearing through towns and infrastructure, leaving cars being swept down roads and entire fields being submerged under a thick slew of mud as the brutal storms have now dumped torrential rain on Barcelona.

The tragedy is already Europe's worst flood-related disaster since 1967 when at least 500 people died in Portugal, as the Spanish government has vowed to 'improve' recovery efforts with the deployment of 10,000 soldiers and police officers.

A British teacher living outside Valencia has described her dogs' 'impossible' escape as deadly floods swept through her home and destroyed everything on the ground floor.

Annabelle Reece, 50, who moved to Spain from Ashford in Kent 23 years ago, had to hide in her car as 'hailstones the size of fists' fell during last week's storm.

She said the ensuing flood left a pile of rubble 'a metre high' and destroyed everything on the ground floor of her home in the town of Godelleta.

Last Tuesday Ms Reece, a teacher at Colegio Internacional Levante in Chiva, was desperate to get home after work to her two 10-month-old golden retriever puppies when the worst of the floods struck.

She became stuck in her car and was only able to get home after hail stopped at one in the morning.

When she got to her front door she could not open it because of furniture and mud blocking the entrance, but was relieved to see her dogs had managed to climb over her house's child gates to safety on the first floor.

The flooding in Valencia last week has left behind mountains of rubbish, hundreds of abandoned cars and piles of mud causing hazards in the streets.

As residents try to pick up the pieces, the beginning up the clean-up efforts have been pictured in the city today.

Citizens, volunteers and thousands of soldiers and police officers are helping in the gargantuan clean-up effort of mud and debris.

Survivors who have lost everything in the disaster have expressed their anger at authorities, who they say failed to warn them in time and were slow in their response.

That fury was directed at Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia yesterday as they visited Paiporta, one of the hardest-hit towns in Valencia.

The tension was palpable as the royals stepped out of their vehicles to walk through the streets flanked by bodyguards, with protesters slinging mud and objects towards the royals (pictured).

The crowd shouted 'murderers' and other insults at the royals and government officials, including Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who had to be evacuated and had his car windows smashed by furious protesters.

A British couple missing in Valencia after floods hit the region have been found dead in their car, their daughter has said.

Don Turner, 78, and wife Terry, 74, (both pictured) had not been seen since heavy downpours caused flash floods in eastern Spain.

Their daughter, Ruth O'Loughlin, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, confirmed to the BBC that her parents' bodies were found in their car on Saturday.

She had previously told the BBC her parents had moved to Spain a decade ago as they 'always wanted to live in the sunshine'.

She was told the two were missing on Thursday after friends checked on them and found their pets at home but their vehicle gone.

They were confirmed to have died today, but the circumstances have not been clarified.

Thousands of UK air passengers are suffering disruption after Barcelona airport was battered by storms.

British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair are among the airlines affected., each with several flights delayed.

Aena, which owns and operates Barcelona airport, said 17 inbound flights were diverted to alternative airports, and around 50 departures were cancelled or severely delayed.

Water has entered some areas of the airport, including the public area of Terminal 1.

The severe weather has also led to rail services being suspended and motorways being flooded.

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.

Brutal storms which caused deadly flooding across eastern Spain last week have now dumped torrential rain on Barcelona, with the city's airport submerged and locals warned of 'extreme danger' as the country's severe weather crisis continues.

Spain's weather service has issued a red alert for 'continuous and torrential rains' along the Barcelona coast, telling people to stay alert and not travel 'unless strictly necessary'.

Mobile phones screeched with an alert for 'extreme and continued rainfall' on the southern outskirts of the Catalonian capital, urging people to avoid any normally dry gorges or canals where they could fall victim to rising waters.

Roads across the region have been blocked by mudslides and high water, with motorists filmed driving through submerged streets as they desperately try to get home to safety.

At Barcelona's El Prat airport, shocking videos have shown water streaming into the terminal building and pouring from the ceilings, with travellers seen taking their shoes off and wading through the departures hall.

The recurrent storms in eastern Spain have killed at least 217 people, mostly near Valencia, it was confirmed today.

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.

Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said that authorities can still not give a reliable estimate of the missing. Spanish national television RTVE, however, has broadcast pleas for help by several desperate people whose loved ones are unaccounted for.

In the Aldaia municipality, some 50 soldiers, police and firefighters, some wearing wetsuits, searched in a huge shopping centre'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.

Police spokesman Ricardo Gutiérrez told reporters that so far some 50 vehicles had been found and no bodies had been discovered there.

Good afternoon and welcome to MailOnline's coverage of the flooding crisis in Spain.

On Monday, heavy rain caused flash flooding in Barcelona, forcing the airport to cancel 15 flights, with a red alert warning of 'extreme danger' still in place.

In Valencia, desperate rescue efforts continue to save any survivors of last week's catastrophic floods, which are so far confirmed to have killed more than 200 people.

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