Second body found after weekend's torrential rain

Emergency services have found a second body in the area of Alt Penedès following Sunday's torrential rain. 

One lifeless body was retrieved from the Bitlles River, in Sant Pere de Riudebitlles, on Sunday, and emergency services continued to search through Monday for a second body. 

Catalan firefighters were searching for two missing people in Sant Quintí de Mediona after a car was swept away by strong running water. 

On Monday morning, emergency response units increased searches for the second missing person.

On Sunday, emergency services found the body of a child aged 11-12, one of the two missing people, but his father was still missing. It has not yet been confirmed whether or not the second body found belonged to the father. 

Services have been looking for the missing person all of Sunday night and Monday morning. A team of divers and a helicopter has been added to the search team.

The torrential rain forced the dry stream to increase and surpass the three-meter height. The water strength dragged the car from Mediona to Sant Quintí de Mediona.

Over 100 mm of rain fell in several areas of Catalonia on Sunday, including Montserrat mountain, where some hikers were due to be evacuated.

670 calls to emergency services

The emergency services number '112' received nearly 670 calls on Sunday up to 9 pm related to the heavy rains.

The Fire Brigade carried out almost 400 actions related to the floods, landslides, stranded cars, fallen walls, and trees, as well as some rescues of hikers.

The majority of calls were related to flooding of streets and homes, rescues of passengers from cars stranded on flooded roads, especially in Gavà, l'Hospitalet, and Sant Boi de Llobregat, as well as for landslides of perimeter walls of houses, fallen trees and branches, and dozens of landslides on roads.