Spain: Images of Floods After Torrential Rain
- Catalan firefighters located the lifeless body of a man in Olivella, around 40 kilometres west of Barcelona, on Thursday, correcting earlier Civil Protection reports that rescuers were searching for a woman swept away by floodwaters.
- Torrential rains struck Spain's Mediterranean east on Thursday as AEMET had warned, following an exceptionally warm summer that scientists link to intensifying Mediterranean storms and heavier rainfall across the region.
- Catalan emergency services received more than 850 calls resulting in over 500 incidents, while Avamet recorded more than 70 millimetres of rain in just 30 minutes across Valencia municipalities.
- Mass telephone alerts urged residents to avoid travel as flooding closed metro stations and diverted buses in Barcelona, while 12 flights were delayed or cancelled at Prat airport on Thursday.
- Prime Minister Pedro warned of "very complicated situations" as more than 20 municipalities across Almeria and Murcia suspended classes, reflecting the region's vulnerability after 2024 floods that killed more than 230 people.
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Madrid, 17 Sep (EFE).- The intense weather that since Wednesday ravages the Mediterranean area of the Valencian Community, Murcia and Catalonia (Spain) caused the death of a man in Barcelona and arrived in the last hours to the Balearic Islands, causing special warnings for the population in Ibiza and Formentera. The emergency services [...] Entry The storm rain in the east of Spain causes the death of a man in Barcelona was first published in H…
Heavy rains have caused flooding on premises, roads and streets
The lifeless body of a man carried away by a watercourse near Barcelona was found on Thursday 17 September, as heavy rains fell on the country's Mediterranean coast, causing major flooding. These weathers occur after the country suffered a particularly hot start of the month, in the wake of a summer having broken record temperatures. The details of Henri de Laguerie, correspondent France 24 in Barcelona.
A man died after the car that was driving was dragged by water in the province of Barcelona, at a time that caused floods and disruptions in transport in Catalonia and the Valencian Community
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