FLIGHTS from a popular Spanish airport are being delayed or cancelled as tourist hotspots are hit by severe flooding.
Pictures show planes at Palma de Mallorca Airport grounded on flooded runways as torrential rain batters the island.
Others showed passengers inside the terminal trying to take cover as water leaked from the ceiling.
Passengers have been told to check before travelling to the airport.
The website states: "Palma de Mallorca Airport has temporarily limited operations due to the impact of a strong storm and has activated the emergency plan for flooding."
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"Check with your company before going to the airport."
They added that they have been forced to activate its "emergency plan" after 45l of water per square metre fell in one hour.
A spokesperson added: "According to the Aemet met agency, almost 45 litres of rain per square metre fell in one hour, with peaks of up to 90 litres, causing flooding both at some access points to the airport and in the terminal building."
A number of UK flights have been cancelled.
London Southend Airport wrote: "Due to adverse weather in Palma de Mallorca, tonight's @easyJet departure (scheduled for 20.35L) to the Spanish city has been cancelled.
"Please contact the airline for further information."
Delayed flights between the UK and the Spanish airport include:
- 5:15pm from Southampton with British Airways
- 5:30pm from London Gatwick with easyJet
- 5:35pm to London Luton with easyJet
- 6:25pm from Birmingham with Ryanair
- 6:30pm from London Stansted with Ryanair
- 7pm from Leeds with TUI
- 7:35pm from London Heathrow with British Airways
- 7:40pm from London Stansted with Ryanair
- 8:10pm to London City with British Airways
- 8:10pm to London Stansted with Ryanair
- 8pm to Manchester with TUI
- 9:10pm to Manchester with TUI
And a number of other flights across Europe are being delayed or cancelled.
Most are being rerouted to other nearby airports in Spain.
Floods have hit a number of holiday hotspots in Costa Blanca, including Benidorm, Valencia and Alicante.
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Aemet, Spain's Meteorological Agency, has forecast more rain across the country today, as well as Thursday.
Passenger traffic at Palma de Mallorca Airport last year reached 31.1 million, an all-time record.
