A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to help in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain's floods.

Spanish authorities redeployed a marine research vessel to join the search for missing flood victims along the Mediterranean coast Tuesday. The Ramón Margalef — a nearly 151-foot long vessel “equipped with cutting-edge technology,

Spanish navy diver Alvaro Carrillo donned his wetsuit and prepared a speedboat to scour a normally picturesque lagoon made murky by a sea of debris -- and potentially bodies.