Heavy rains leave two dead, three missing and numerous incidents in Spain

Severe storms that hit Spain over the weekend and also this Monday they left behind two dead, three missing and the footprint of floods, incidents and damage of varying degrees.

DANA (high-level isolated depression) has broke the record for the rainiest day in September in many areas of Spain, including Madrid, Toledo, Valladolid, Segovia (all in the central region) and Navarre (north).

Cadiz (south), Segovia and Tarragona (northeast) These are the provinces that recorded the most rainfall accumulation during the day on Sunday: 172.2 liters per square meter in the Cádiz municipality of San José del Valle; 147.8 at San Rafael in Segovia and 117.2 at Tortosa Roquetes in Tarragona.

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Ávila -96 liters per square meter in the city of Cebreros and the capital Toledo -91.8 – are the other two provinces most affected on the same day, with rain causing two deaths in the latter case: 20 year old boy from Casarrubios del Monte, in the province of Madrid and a man who was driving a car in the municipality of Bargas, in Toledo.

Except, The Civil Guard is looking for three missing peopletwo in the province of Madrid: an 83-year-old man from the city of Villamanta and another who was driving with his family when the car was dragged into the Alberche River in Aldea del Fresno (Madrid).

Mother and daughter managed to get out of the car and 10 year old boy found in a tree first thing this morning, but father still hasn’t shown up.

The third one is a woman who went missing on the night from Sunday to Mondaywhile he was driving his car on highway CM-4004 at the height of the municipality of Valmojado (Toledo).

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On his social media account X (formerly Twitter), one of the forest firefighters on duty tonight recounted the tragic experience he witnessed and claims that stopped several cars to stop the march before the flood of the river, but the missing driver “ignored this and decided to cross the road, he remained standing in the middle of the stream” and although “he tried to shift into reverse gear, the car turned over and was swept away by the flow of water.” .”

This Monday, and as a result of heavy rainfall this morning, the autonomous community of Madrid leads in the amount of rainfall in all of Spain in Colmenar Viejo (north) collected more than 56 liters per square meter; 47.1 liters at the El Retiro weather station and 45.2 liters at Ciudad Universitaria, both in the capital, until 09:10 Peninsular time.

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Besides Madrid, currently in four other regions (Castile-La Mancha, Castile-Leon, Basque Country and La Rioja) Yellow warning for rain.

Acting Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera thanked for the work done in “such difficult days”State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), security forces, civil protection and municipal, regional and state emergencies through a message also on social network X, emphasizing their “civil spirit and attention to precautionary recommendations.”

The overall AEMET forecast ensures that Most of the peninsula will continue to be cloudy and rainy during the day today, Monday, although they will decrease until DANA is terminated after the following midnight.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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