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Panic in Spain Holiday Hotspot as Beautiful City Hit by Huge Floods
- On June 3, Valladolid in northwestern Castile and León experienced severe flooding after 16 liters of rain fell per square meter in 45 minutes.
- The intense rainfall resulted in emergency services handling over 200 calls within a two-hour span, prompting officials to activate level 2 of the Inuncyl civil protection plan.
- Floodwaters reached residents' ankles, submerged garages, tunnels, and parking lots, trapping some cars and leaving people struggling to walk or push vehicles through the water.
- Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente posted a video showing vehicles stranded on a flooded bridge and remarked that such flooding was unprecedented in Valladolid, while authorities confirmed that no injuries had occurred despite the emergency situation.
- The Integrated Operational Coordination Center managed the emergency response as level 2 marked regional concern, reflecting the flood’s serious but controlled impact.
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Summer floods hit the Spanish city of Valladolid
A major Spanish city and its surrounding areas were brought to a near standstill by floods on Tuesday evening. Videos show streets underwater and residents pushing cars through the flood zone in Valladolid, in the northwestern region of Castile and León, after a deluge of rain hit on June 3. Other pictures emerging from the scene show residents struggling to walk through the streets, with the water levels reaching their ankles. Garages, tunnels …
The thunders had been snarling for a few minutes, meteorology and clouds were announcing rain, but it was not until 18:50 hours this Tuesday when an intense downpour has fallen on Valladolid . Once unleashed, it has increased for more than 45 minutes, which has caused problems especially in the lower areas of the city and its alfoz, with several tunnels, garages and parkings flooded or seriously flooded and a couple of vehicles trapped, although…
An intense downpour has affected Valladolid this Tuesday and has caused more than a hundred calls managed in an hour by the Castilla y León 112 Emergency Center. Specifically, it has received 136 calls between 1900 and 2000 hours due to incidents related to the rains, which have left up to 16 liters per square meter in half an hour and which, for the moment, has not caused injuries.In total, 108 emergencies have been counted in Santovenia de Pis…
The intense downpour that has fallen on the city and its surroundings has caused dozens of emergency calls and more than a hundred incidents have been counted.
Valladolid has dawned this Wednesday, June 4, normally after the "strong and unusual" storm...
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