Seven injured as heavy rains lash northeast Spain

Heavy rain caused severe flooding in northeast Spain, resulting in seven injuries and over 200 interventions by Spanish firefighters, officials announced on Saturday. The deluge overwhelmed roads, trapped individuals in their vehicles, and caused at least three fatalities. One incident involved a wall collapse at the port of Roda de Bera, approximately 45 miles southwest of Barcelona, leading to three injuries.

Four additional people required hospitalization due to other storm-related incidents, including two individuals who sustained injuries when another wall collapsed at a campsite during the nighttime storm.

Around 300 campsite guests were evacuated, with approximately 100 seeking refuge at a municipal sports center, according to emergency coordination officials. The storm flooded the seaside town of El Vendrell, which houses about 40,000 residents, submerging more than half a meter of water along its seafront. Additionally, streets in nearby Coma-ruga and Torredembarra also experienced flooding.

Inma Sole, the deputy director of emergency coordination for the region, informed Spanish public television that firefighters had carried out more than 200 interventions, including rescuing individuals from floodwater-encumbered vehicles and addressing inundated properties. The storm followed a similar flood and landslide incident a week prior that killed two women in northwest Spain.