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Image source, Castelló Council via Reuters
One antheral had to beryllium rescued from his car by a firefighter successful Spain's eastbound Castelló province
Several upwind warnings person been issued crossed Spain arsenic dense rainfall causes large flooding crossed parts of the country.
Maximum reddish upwind alerts are successful spot successful the Madrid, Toledo and Cádiz regions.
Sunday's shot lucifer betwixt Atletico Madrid and Seville was suspended owed to the torrential rain.
Residents successful Madrid person been asked to enactment astatine location owed to "the exceptional and abnormal" rainfall, the politician said.
In the Spanish superior alone, firefighters person been called to alleviate the concern successful flooded roads 190 times.
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Image caption,In Les Cases d'Alcanar, Tarragona, roads were flooded aft Storm Dana
Much of the rainfall, brought by Storm Dana, has been concentrated successful Cádiz, Tarragona and Castelló - coastal regions crossed the country.
In the eastbound state of Castelló, flooding led to firefighters rescuing a antheral trapped successful his car, which was surrounded by waist-high flood water.
People person besides been advised to debar unnecessary trips successful the north-eastern metropolis of Alcanar, Tarragona - wherever 215 litres per quadrate metre of rainfall has fallen successful the past 24 hours.
Juan Carlos Penafiel, who was visiting the city, said helium was woken up by the h2o entering his second-floor apartment.
"We organised amongst ourselves to marque ropes with towels and furniture sheets and utilized them to propulsion 2 young men who were grabbing connected to columns," helium told Reuters quality agency.
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Image caption,Local assemblage successful Santa Barabara, Tarragona, enactment unneurotic to wide distant mud and debris from the path
"We pulled them to the apical level and saved them. It was terrifying, precise very scary with tiny children, women. Nobody showed up, we were near unsocial to prevention ourselves," helium added.
Storm Dana has caused debris and mud to descent onto Spanish roads, portion galore vehicles person struggled to determination successful heavy flooded areas.
According to El Pais newspaper, immoderate bid services person been called disconnected crossed Spain and drivers person been warned to debar definite flooded roads successful heavy flooded areas.
This weekend's upwind events travel a scorching blistery summertime successful Spain and overmuch of confederate Europe.
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Image caption,A section nonmigratory successful Les Cases d'Alcanar, had his location flooded arsenic Storm Dana rages done the Iberian country
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