Storm "Harry" has brought extreme rainfall to northeastern Spain. Flooding was reported mainly in the Catalan province of Girona, where public facilities were closed. One man is reported missing.

Spain's railway system was under scrutiny on Wednesday after a commuter train crashed near Barcelona, just days after at least 42 people died in a collision between two high-speed trains.A train driver died and 37 people were injured -- several seriously -- late on Tuesday when the commuter train hit a retaining wall that fell onto the tracks in Gelida near Barcelona,

A new fiscal model proposed by Spain's finance minister for its regional governments has faced a heavy backlash from regional leaders, who accuse the central government of toying with public finances to win political favours as it struggles to hold its fragile coalition together.