Torrential rain and devastating floods hit the Spanish island of Majorca, one of the most popular holiday destinations among British travellers. On Friday, a weather warning was issued due to heavy rain and thunderstorms over the Balearic Islands ...

Palma is on lockdown as Majorca braces for deadly flooding from a storm that has already killed more than 200 people in mainland Spain.

Majorca is under ‘lockdown’ as it braces itself for heavy rains and storms which battered mainland Spain earlier this week, resulting in the deaths of at least 158 people. The island, along with Menorca, is under an amber alert today and tomorrow, as the weather front moves across the Balearics.

The city has battened down the hatches after Spain 's national weather service warned the brutal weather system that triggered mass floods was headed for Majorca.