a day after downpours unleashed travel chaos on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. Local media shared videos of roaring torrents of brown water tearing through streets and submerging vehicles. National weather agency AEMET decreed the highest red alert in the province of Tarragona, warning of 180 millimetres of rain in 12 hours in the Ebro river delta. Catalan fire service spokesman Oriol Corbella told reporters people had been caught by surprise, with people trapped "inside vehicles, in buildings, on ground floors". The mayor of the town of Santa Barbara, Josep Lluis Gimeno, told regional television station 3Cat the situation was "very tense" as the night brought heavier deluges. Local streams and ravines "are completely overflowing and have invaded the entire centre of the town, dragging everything there is, containers and cars", he said. In the village of Godall, mayor Alexis Albiol spoke of "a moment of chaos", telling 3Cat: "All the cars that were in the streets near the ravine were swept away and are distributed throughout the village." "I don't believe anyone in the village has seen the amount of water that has fallen in such a short time," Albiol added. A measuring station in nearby Mas de Barberans recorded almost 272 millimetres of rainfall over the weekend, regional weather monitor Meteocat said. There were nonetheless no reports of people hurt or missing. (Bssnews)