The Spanish city of Barcelona was hit by flooding on Monday, as search and rescue efforts continue following devastating flooding around Valencia last week. Spain's state meteorological agency has placed parts of Catalonia on red alert for torrential rain, with local media showing footage of cars partially submerged on a highway.

Barcelona will host the final race of the MotoGP season next week in place of flood-hit Valencia, organisers Dorna announced on Tuesday.

He's the series' boss, who failed to see that holding a race in what's essentially a disaster zone, where more weather was already pushing in, the same weather that has decimated Valencia, would then affect Barcelona,