But the severe weather was still causing problems further north in the Catalonia province ... contribute to initiatives by other Spanish research centers to study Spain's deadliest floods of the century. Spain is used to the occasional deadly flood ...

Spanish navy diver Alvaro Carrillo donned his wetsuit and prepared a speedboat to scour a normally picturesque lagoon made murky by a sea of debris -- and potentially bodies.

New floods have hit the region of Girona in north-eastern Spain, sweeping away around 30 cars in the town of Cadaqués, according to Spanish media reports.Videos posted by a local journalist showed a torrent of water gushing down the street and a pile of cars blocking a bridge early on Friday.

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia were pelted with mud by crowds during their visit to the region last week, as anger fermented among communities who said they felt abandoned by authorities in the wake of the natural disaster, with troops and police deployed to assist communities in affected areas.

A flash flood swept away cars in in north-east Spain on Friday, only a week after Spain’s worst rainfall in living memory. Dramatic footage showed torrential rains turning streets into rivers and sweeping cars away.