Spanish rescuers are focusing their search for missing people on underground garages and a multi-storey car park following last week's devastating floods in Valencia. The death toll after a year's worth of rain fell in parts of the region last week now stands at 217.

Heavy rains triggered significant flooding and "extreme danger" warnings in the Barcelona area on Monday, as the same storm system that caused devastating Valencia floods remains over Spain. Authorities issued alerts to cell phones in several areas of the Barcelona province, warning residents to avoid all travel.

Barcelona forward Ferran Torres, born in Foios, has posted an emotional message of support to his fellow citizens of the Valencian Community following the torrential rains that have claimed nearly a

Continuing storms in eastern Spain that led to massive flooding last week and killed over 200 people, mostly near Valencia, are dumping rain on Barcelona.