{"id":33212,"date":"2021-09-03T13:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=33212"},"modified":"2021-09-03T13:17:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:17:21","slug":"streets-turns-into-raging-rivers-as-vicious-flash-floods-wreak-havoc-in-central-and-eastern-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/streets-turns-into-raging-rivers-as-vicious-flash-floods-wreak-havoc-in-central-and-eastern-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Streets turns into raging rivers as vicious flash floods wreak havoc in central and eastern Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_276951\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/strangesounds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flooding-spain-september-2021.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/strangesounds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flooding-spain-september-2021-1024x566.jpg?resize=696%2C385&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"flooding spain, flooding spain video, flooding spain pictures, flooding spain september 2021\" class=\"wp-image-276951\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Apocalyptic flooding across Spain on September 2021. Picture via Youtube video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s water! There\u2019s water everywhere! Heavy rainfall on Wednesday caused flooding in parts of central and eastern Spain. The provinces of Tarragona, Castell\u00f3n and Toledo were particularly affected by the storms, while in Madrid the rising waters flooded homes and created significant traffic disruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, parts of mainland Spain as well as the Balearic Islands were on the national weather agency Aemet\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>yellow alert level for rain and thunderstorms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Train services were still affected on Thursday morning. At 8.30am, the railway company Renfe notified&nbsp;<strong>interruptions on the high-speed Madrid-Toledo line between the stations of La Sagra and Toledo, as well as additional disruptions on the Taranc\u00f3n-Huete line (between Aranjuez and Cuenca) and the Teruel-Zaragoza line (at Cari\u00f1ena).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"hOHgbLaYiGc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spain: Street turns into river as flash floods wreak havoc in Toledo\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hOHgbLaYiGc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catalonia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Catalonia, weather stations recorded rainfall of 77mm in just 30 minutes. The heavy rain triggered flash floods on city streets and damaged ground-floor properties<\/strong>&nbsp;in municipalities of the Montsi\u00e0 and Baix Ebre areas of Tarragona province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the small coastal town of Alcanar (population 9,300), record rainfall of 167mm caused flash floods that dragged vehicles out to sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"i1ZwdNxRLME\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nobody could believe it! Spain was flooded in a matter of hours!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i1ZwdNxRLME?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tarragona<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Serious damage to property was also reported at a campsite named Els Alfacs<\/strong>, located south of Sant Carles de la R\u00e0pita, in Tarragona province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facility director Mario Gianni Masi\u00e0 said he had \u201c<strong><em>never, ever, ever seen anything like it, the fury of the waters was striking.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d Masi\u00e0 added that the rain began suddenly and intensely, and kept on falling.&nbsp;<strong>The fence separating the campsite from the adjacent road gave way and the water flowed inside, taking two cars and \u201cthe odd caravan\u201d out to sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"e1CxXa-I0wI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apocalypse in Spain!  devastating floods strike catalu\u00f1a in Spain, destroy cars and houses\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e1CxXa-I0wI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ulldecona, a village located further inland,&nbsp;<strong>500 people had to be evacuated from an industrial park after access roads were cut off by the rain.<\/strong>&nbsp;A dozen other individuals were rescued from homes and fields by the local firefighting service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Castellon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Valencia region\u2019s northernmost province of Castell\u00f3n, firefighters were called out to&nbsp;<strong>rescue drivers from vehicles on the N-238 road between Vinar\u00f2s and Ulldecona.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201c<em>It happened in just two minutes,<\/em>\u201d said Juan Ciudad, one of the rescued motorists. \u201c<strong><em>We were scared. The water kept rising and my husband has just been through surgery,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d explained Conchita Rollad, who had been planning to start her vacation on Wednesday.&nbsp;<strong>She and four other people were carried to safety inside an excavator\u2019s shovel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"hXhspI6laE0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spain floods: Torrential rain inundates towns, cutting electricity and rail services\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hXhspI6laE0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Castilla-La Mancha<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the central region of Castilla-La Mancha,&nbsp;<strong>rain flooded the TO-23 road near Toledo\u2019s General Hospital and damaged numerous vehicles<\/strong>, according to the DGT Spanish traffic authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Qg0-hE3tKqg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LA BRUTAL TORMENTA QUE HA INUNDADO \u00c1GUILAS EN MURCIA\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qg0-hE3tKqg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Numerous business premises in the city had to close at around 3pm due to the heavy rainfall.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Suddenly, a small ceiling leak inside the warehouse turned into rivers of water and mud,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d said Ana Isabel Vinuesa, owner of the Gredos caf\u00e9 on Santa B\u00e1rbara avenue. \u201c<strong><em>I started to scream for help out the window, and asked for buckets. There was a moment when I felt so helpless that all I could do was sit down and cry.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Toledo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Guadamur, near Toledo, a&nbsp;<strong>flash flood dragged away cars, damaged roads and covered the streets of the town with mud, uprooted trees, rocks and other debris.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"vkWQDQvEG7Y\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cars washed away by severe flooding that hit Toledo, Spain\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vkWQDQvEG7Y?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mar\u00eda del Sagrario Guti\u00e9rrez, who has been the mayor for the last 24 years, was in tears as she talked about&nbsp;<strong>200 damaged homes.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201c<strong><em>For a village of 1,800 residents, what took 15 years to build was destroyed in an hour. I was born here and I\u2019d never seen anything like it.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Madrid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Madrid region, the emergency services processed&nbsp;<strong>237 storm-related events and firefighters made 50 trips involving flooded homes and pockets of water on roads.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"CTzK6rgi2ac\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inundaciones, cortes y riadas: la Dana provoca estragos en toda Espa\u00f1a\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CTzK6rgi2ac?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside the capital, there were numerous calls from Alpedrete, Valdemoro, Parla, Fuenlabrada and Rivas-Vaciamadrid.&nbsp;<strong>The rainfall flooded underpasses and interrupted service on commuter train lines and on the Metro subway system.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s water! There\u2019s water everywhere! Heavy rainfall on Wednesday caused flooding in parts of central and eastern Spain. The provinces of Tarragona, Castell\u00f3n and Toledo were particularly affected by the storms, while in Madrid the rising waters flooded homes and created significant traffic disruption. 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