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Storm Leonardo slams Spain and Portugal, leaving 1 dead and a girl missing
Storm Leonardo forced nearly 4,000 evacuations across southern Spain and Portugal, with over 40 cm of rain causing floods, landslides, and one confirmed death in Portugal.
- On Tuesday, Storm Leonardo struck the Iberian Peninsula, flooding towns including Alcácer do Sal, town south of Lisbon, and inundating San Roque, Cádiz province, forcing residents to flee.
- Aemet and Portuguese officials attributed the flooding to exceptional rainfall, with rain and wind forecast to peak overnight Wednesday to Thursday during this year's seventh major storm, Leonardo.
- Emergency services evacuated around 3,500 people in Andalusia and deployed hundreds of soldiers, while 14 rivers and 10 dams were at extreme risk of overflowing on Wednesday.
- Authorities confirmed a fatality in Portugal and searched for a girl swept into the Turvilla river, with Malaga fire chief Manuel Marmolejo saying, `We spent the whole afternoon and night yesterday searching... We found the dog, but not her`.
- Officials said the storm would begin to weaken from Friday, with forecasts warning of a new Atlantic front on Saturday and reconstruction costs after Storm Kristin exceeding �4bn.
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