Spain PM said the government plans to spend as much as 838 million euros in direct cash handouts to people affected by the floods that left 217 dead last week in the worst such disaster in Spain’s modern history.

Spain has earmarked 10.6 billion euros ($11.55 billion) in loans and grants to help the victims of the flash floods that hit the eastern coast of the country around Valencia last week, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday.

Barcelona's El Prat airport, Spain's second busiest, said 50 flights were cancelled or delayed and 17 diverted on Monday, while the city closed some flooded metro stations and regional trains were suspended.

Spanish rescuers plunged into inundated garages to find bodies on Monday, a day after furious crowds heckled and hurled mud at the king and the prime minister following devastating floods.

Emergency workers continued the search for victims of last week’s flash floods, while a national debate raged over who was to blame for the catastrophe.

Continuing storms in eastern Spain that led to massive flooding last week and killed over 200 people, mostly near Valencia, are dumping rain on Barcelona.