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Floods Trap Motorists as Torrential Rain Batters Spain’s Catalonia Region
Storm Alice triggered flooding that trapped nearly 1,000 people in vehicles and homes, with rainfall reaching 272 millimeters over the weekend, officials reported.
- On Sunday, torrential rains battered Tarragona province and the village of Godall, where mayor Alexis Albiol called it 'a moment of chaos' as almost 272 millimetres fell, Meteocat said.
- Storm Alice pushed severe weather across the western Mediterranean, moving east and north into the region as experts link climate change to more intense rainfall in the Balearic Islands and Ibiza.
- Catalan emergency services logged 998 calls from 5:00 pm, and Renfe suspended Mediterranean Corridor services from Barcelona and Valencia as people were trapped in vehicles and buildings.
- Officials declared the highest red alert in Tarragona and reported no deaths or injuries so far, while Salvador Illa suspended activities on Monday in five vulnerable regions and urged residents to avoid travelling.
- Flooding also struck Ibiza on Saturday for the second time in two weeks as the storm moved through the Balearic Islands, while eastern Valencia faced a red alert from Friday but remained largely unscathed.
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The weather has again hit Spain, causing spectacular flooding in many places, especially on the north-east coast of the country. It has fallen the equivalent of two months of rain in 48 hours in Catalonia. Cars have been taken away by the waters, roads devastated by mud torrents. Storm Alice is now moving south. And it is the region of Valencia, already very badly hit in 2024, which is this Monday evening on red alert. (International).
A devastated region. Alice's passage through the south of Tarragona , particularly over the Montsià region, has left images of chaos, without having been able to make an accurate balance of damage. The least news, the communication by Civil Protection that there are no missing, an almost surprising circumstance given the magnitude of the discharge and the images of the streets of several municipalities converted into overflowing rivers.During th…
Floods trap motorists as torrential rain batters Spain’s Catalonia region
Floods trapped people in vehicles and homes in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region on Sunday as torrential rain battered the area, local media said. Videos showed muddy torrents sweeping through streets. Weather agency AEMET issued a red alert for Tarragona, warning of up to 180 millimetres of rain in 12 hours.
In the Spanish region of Tarragona, severe storms also occurred after the storm was submerged by "Alice" Mallorca and Ibiza.
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