Two dead as torrential rains batter southeast Spain

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An elderly couple died when their car overturned as torrential rains and flooding hit southeastern Spain Thursday, sparking travel chaos and ...

MADRID: An elderly couple died when their car overturned as torrential rains and flooding hit southeastern Spain on Thursday , sparking travel chaos and closing schools in a move affecting hundreds of thousands of children, officials said.

Footage shared by the local AVAMET weather service showed cars being swept away in fast-flowing water in Moixent, and torrents of water engulfing the nearby town of Ontinyent, which borders the Clariano and saw its heaviest rainfall since records began in 1917, the agency said. The Clariano river burst its banks, flooding the town of Ontinyent, which suffered its heaviest rainfall since records began. With the region on red alert, regional authorities in Valencia said they had ordered the closure of schools in 84 municipalities, affecting more than 255,000 pupils.

 

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