After one of the driest and hottest summers on record in the region the September rains arrived with a cruel vengeance over the weekend, killing at least 10 people, after torrential rain triggered flash floods across a swathe of southern Spain and another 35 were injured when a tornado swept through a fairground in the valencian town of Gandia..
The
strength of the torrents washed away cars, turned roads to rivers,
damaged houses, brought down a motorway bridge and forced thousands to
abandon their homes. Many people had to be rescued by the emergency
services using inflatable rafts to ferry them to safety. The
worst hit areas were in the provinces of Málaga and Almería, and the
Murcia region
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| Flooding in the Centre of Murcia |
Spain's
weather agency said that 9.6 inches of rain fell on Friday morning
alone, the heavy rains in parts of the south follow months of drought and high
temperatures across Spain which triggered dozens of wildfires. The
flooding disrupted high-speed train service between Madrid and Valencia
and regional lines, while bridges and roads became impassible. Two
motorways were closed and a plane heading for Málaga was diverted to
Seville. Heavy rains are expected to continue throughout the weekend,
with the front moving north toward Catalonia and the Balearic Islands,
according to a regional government spokesman in Málaga.
Murcia Today Report on Flooding
BBC News Images of the damage
On Condado the damage appear to have been limited to some local flooding and water ingress into apartments but with no substantial damage or harm to residents,
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