Spain rescuers search underground parking as fresh flooding hits Barcelona

Teams are searching for missing people in vehicles in an inundated shopping centre car park.

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It is feared shoppers and workers were trapped inside the car park at a shopping mall in Aldaia on the outskirts of Valencia, as floodwater deluged the area.

Police have confirmed that no victims were located in the first 50 vehicles inspected at the site.

But reports suggest these vehicles were found near the entrance to the car park, and much of the rest of it is still submerged and yet to be explored.

It comes as Spain's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) placed part of the north-eastern Catalonia region on red alert for torrential rain, with its capital Barcelona experiencing flooding on Monday morning.

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