Palma Airport has been brought to a standstill by a massive rain storm that has flooded the island of Majorca.
Airport officials said this evening 100 of the 'more than 900 flights' scheduled to operate today at Palma airport, including many from British travel hubs like Gatwick, Luton and Bristol, had been affected by the storm.One video showed rainwater flooding one of the airport's runways, with a member of staff jokingly diving into the water to show how deep it was.
A spokesperson for Aena said around 8.30pm local time: 'Of the more than 900 flights programmed for today, 100 have been affected by way of diversions or cancellations.'During that timeframe no flight left or landed at Palma de Mallorca airport.' In a statement earlier in the afternoon AENA said: 'Palma de Mallorca Airport has temporarily suspended operations following the impact of a strong storm, due to the impossibility of operating safely.
Images from Costa Blanca showed submerged streets, overflowing rivers, and fast-moving water barrelling across dry fields before crashing onto highways. Much of the Balearics and the Levante area, popular tourist regions that sit on the east of Spain, have been hit with torrential rain that has wrought devastationSeveral regions across south-east Spain 's have been hit with torrential rain, hail and strong winds causing flash floods and forcing the closure of roads. Pictured: A car is seen half submerged in waters in the city of Murcia
The storms come at a time when many Brits will be jetting off for holidays to escape what has so-far been a disappointing spring. A Spanish weather website, flagging up large parts of eastern Spain including the Costa Blanca, warned this morning: 'In the next few hours storms will dump dozens of litres of water and hail on these areas in a very short space of time. Be careful.'
One of the victims was a 52-year-old British holidaymaker who died on Friday after going to the aid of two children in the water at La Roqueta beach just north of Torrevieja. A 46-year-old Polish man who also tried to help them drowned too.In Marbella, where today is a local Bank Holiday coinciding with the resort's annual feria festival, tourists were topping up their tans under blue skies in 26 degrees Celsius temperatures .
Tragic footage posted on X showed Patrizia Cormos, 20, her friend Bianca Doros, 23, and her boyfriend Cristian Molnar, 25, standing thigh deep in a churning river.
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