"Floods trapped people in vehicles and homes in Spain on Sunday as torrential rain drenched part of the northeastern Catalonia region, a day after downpours unleashed travel chaos on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. National weather agency AEMET decreed the highest red alert for heavy rain in the province of Tarragona, warning of 180 millimetres of rain in 12 hours in the Ebro river delta."
"Local media shared videos of roaring torrents of brown water tearing through streets and submerging vehicles. Catalan fire service spokesman Oriol Corbella told reporters people had been caught by surprise, with "entrapments inside vehicles, in buildings, on ground floors". The mayor of the town of Santa Barbara, Josep Lluis Gimeno, told regional television station 3Cat the situation was "very tense" and "generates panic in the population" as the night brought heavier rain."
Torrential rains hit northeastern Catalonia, trapping people in vehicles and homes and unleashing flooding in towns and river deltas. AEMET issued the highest red alert for heavy rain in Tarragona, warning of up to 180 millimetres in 12 hours in the Ebro river delta. Local media shared videos of brown torrents tearing through streets and submerging vehicles, while fire service reports cited entrapments inside vehicles, buildings and ground floors. Municipal leaders said streams and ravines were completely overflowing, invading town centres and dragging containers and cars, prompting telephone alerts to avoid travel and waterways. Emergency services recorded a sharp spike in calls from 17:00 with 142 cases reported, and rail and road travel suffered disruption as water accumulated on tracks and motorways.
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