Heavy rain lashes northeast Spain, injuring 11
MADRID: Heavy rain battered northeast Spain, flooding streets, trapping people in cars, forcing the evacuation of a campsite and injuring 11 people, officials said Saturday.
Heavy rain hit northeast Spain, causing flooding, trapping individuals in vehicles, and resulting in the evacuation of a campsite, officials reported on Saturday. A wall collapse near the seafront in Roda de Bera, approximately 75km southwest of Barcelona, injured three people, with one in critical condition; firefighters rescued two trapped under the debris.
Seven others were hospitalized due to injuries sustained in separate incidents, including two who were hurt when another wall collapsed during the overnight storm at a campsite in Roda de Bera. Emergency services evacuated around 300 people from the campsite, with roughly 100 seeking refuge at a municipal sports center. About 100 individuals were also evacuated from a nightclub in El Vendrell, a town of approximately 40,000 residents, and transported to a school.
The waterfront in El Vendrell was submerged under more than half a meter of water, while several roads in nearby Coma-ruga and Torredembarra were inundated, as per Catalan public television. El Vendrell experienced the most severe impacts, with 145.4 liters of rain per square meter recorded within 24 hours, according to the Catalan Meteorological Service.
Emergency services received over 800 calls, with firefighters rescuing people from floodwaters and managing flooded buildings. The storm followed a week after a flood and landslide triggered by heavy rain resulted in the death of two women in northwest Spain.
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