US EditionSix killed as flooding, avalanches hit Spain
- On December 27, at least six people died after flooding in southern Spain and an avalanche in the Spanish Pyrenees, with RTVE reporting three deaths west of Málaga.
- Heavy rains transformed normally-dry riverbeds as the Fahala River in Alhaurín el Grande swelled dramatically and swept a van about 1.6 kilometres downstream.
- Local rescue teams launched a large search involving the Guardia Civil, Andalusia Emergency Group , and volunteers after two lifelong friends, aged 53 and 54, vanished and one body was found about 4 kilometres away.
- The town declared a day of official mourning on December 26 after a house fire on December 25 killed Rebeca, 16, and Juan Antonio, 15, leaving communities devastated with some families cancelling Christmas; a government spokesman urged caution in the mountains.
- After an avalanche killed three skiers near the Tablato peak at around 2200m, the regional government of Aragón said it would establish three new snow and weather stations.
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Snow masses in the Pyrenees and heavy rains in Andalusia are causing several deaths.
The south and east of Spain were hit by powerful storms, and at least three people died. Rain and wind caused hundreds of incidents in the Iberian Peninsula, declared Digi24. Malaga Province recorded most of the problems due to weather.
The death toll from flooding caused by heavy rains in southern Spain has risen to three, with authorities saying the bodies of two men were found near Granada and Malaga provinces on Monday, adding to the one death reported on Sunday.
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der Standard DEOn Monday the bodies of two men were found. On Sunday the death of a man had already been reported by the flood
In total, three bodies were found after the torrential rains that hit southern Spain and caused flooding Relief found on Monday 29 December the bodies of two
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