Spain suffers fresh floods as torrential rains strike

MADRID, Oct 13 (AFP): Floods trapped people in vehicles and homes in Spain on Sunday as torrential rain drenched the northeastern Catalonia region.

Local media shared videos of roaring torrents of brown water tearing through streets and submerging vehicles.

National weather agency AEMET decreed the highest red alert in the province of Tarragona, warning of 180 millimetres of rain in 12 hours in the Ebro river delta.

People had been caught by surprise, with people trapped "inside vehicles, in buildings, on ground floors, the mayor of the town of Santa Barbara, Josep Lluis Gimeno said.