2 minutes ago! Apocalypse in Spain! Hailstorm the size of a soccer ball! The streets are closed!
Risk management units have cleared the area as mud and wood material washed away by the rains continues to impede passage through the area. The water level hasn’t dropped completely either.
Local rescuers responded to 759 calls for help, with only 460 calls related to flooding.
Meanwhile, residents of the Valencia region are bracing for even more wild weather after torrential rain lashed local beaches and flooded town centers
The Meteorological Service of Catalonia recorded more than 100 mm - 3.9 inches - of rain in the area
Another 17 adults and six minors had to receive medical attention after the collapse of eight lighting structures that adorned the Parc del Rio sector.
In addition, numerous warnings were received about falling trees and walls.
Crashed buses, depressing flooded and closed roads, neighbors with knee-deep water and commercial premises where things have been lost are some of the images left behind by a rainy day