US EditionStorm Leonardo slams Spain and Portugal, leaving 1 dead and a girl missing
Storm Leonardo caused over 40 cm of rain in Andalusia, forcing 3,500 evacuations and shutting schools and trains, with one death in Portugal and a girl missing in Spain.
- 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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Rains pummel Spain, Portugal, leaving 1 dead, 1 missing
Leonardo, the seventh storm to hit the Iberian Peninsula this year, has dumped months' worth of rain in a few hours on parts of Spain and Portugal. Thousands have been evacuated, and road and rail lines have been cut.
Storm Leonardo, which hit the Iberian Peninsula with heavy rain and winds on Wednesday, has claimed a life in Portugal, and in southern Spain in Andalusia a woman is missing, schools are closed and traffic is paralyzed. An orange warning remains in effect for most of the region today, while the red warning due to exceptional rainfall has been lifted for southern Spain.
The Leonardo Depression is currently affecting Portugal as well as southern Spain.
The Iberian peninsula faces the consequences of the depression and its exceptional rains. The municipal authorities of the municipality of Santarém ordered the "mandatory evacuation" of the riparian areas in the space of seven hours.
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