US EditionSpain: Two missing as heavy rains hit Catalonia
CATALONIA, SPAIN, JUL 13 – About 10 centimeters of rain fell in hours near Barcelona, causing infrastructure flooding, train suspensions, and ongoing search for two missing people, officials said.
- Two people were missing in Catalonia after heavy rains, officials stated.
- Spain's weather service, Aemet, reported that about 10 centimeters of rain fell near Barcelona in just a few hours.
- Firefighters are searching for individuals swept away by a river in Cubelles.
- Train travel was temporarily suspended in Catalonia for safety before resuming service later.
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Spain weather hell as search called off for two swept away in floods
SPAIN has been pummelled by devastating freak storms and floods, with two people swept away by the water and one woman struck by lightning. The catastrophic weather has seen streets filled with water and major disruption to transport across several regions. XOne video shared widely on social media shows a water spout forming over the town[/caption] Shutterstock EditorialHundreds of people jammed Barcelona-Sants station after all trains were susp…
In the south-west, some communes were barely recovering from the storms of the end of June. But everything is to be done again, after the weather on Saturday 12 July. In Ille-sur-Têt, it fell three times more water than a normal month of July. This led to the closure of several tourist sites that have been flooded. On the other side of the Pyrenees, in Catalonia, two people are still missing. Relief is mobilized in inaccessible and impassable ar…
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