Hundreds of people were removed from their homes in the region of Andalusia where rivers overflowed or their level has increased dangerously
Heavy rainfall is affecting Spain today, for the third consecutive week, while at least two people are missing and hundreds have been removed from their homes in the Andalusian region, in the southern part of the country, where rivers have overflowed or their level has increased dangerously.
The Spaniards are still on alert state, four months after torrential rains in eastern Valencia caused the most deadly natural disaster in the country for decades. Many have accused officials of the government and the central government of being too late to send notice or an alarm for extreme weather.
Andalusia’s regional leader, Juan Manuel Moreno, urged citizens to pay close attention today.
“Please be very careful, even if the rain is cut. Passing through a torrent is very dangerous, “Moreno said, while two people are missing in the regional capital, Seville.
Authorities believe that the couple attempted to cross a stream and possibly dragged. His empty car was found upside down nearby.
Andalusian authorities say that A total of 368 families were removed from their homes Preventively in the province of Malaga. In one of the cities, the card, about 20 people and their pets were rescued from their flooded homes.
In Agiila, a seaside city of the Mediterranean in Murcia, emergency management services rescued nine people who were trapped in their vehicles in a stream. Passing in the sailors also received help and were transferred to safe locations in the same area.
A British resident, Bernon, wrote in a post on X that he emptied the waters from his neighbors’ home using a bucket.
“No one here, not even the older inhabitants, have experienced 19 days again from the last 20. Cataracts, incessant. All night, “he wrote.
The last weeks of rainfall in Spain have almost put an end to the severe drought that the country lived between 2021 and 2024.
Water stocks increased to 65.8%while a year ago it was 56.8% and the average of 10 years was 59.1%.
Source :Skai
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