The number of deaths in Spain caused by the torrential rains that hit the country in early September rose to six, after the body of a woman was found this Saturday in the Toledo region, according to AFP.
The French news agency explains that the The woman’s body was found by a dog from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) about 50 meters from the Vallehermoso River, near Valmojado, according to the Civil Guard spokesperson. The woman’s car was found on Monday in poor condition.
After months of drought, Spain was hit at the beginning of the month by torrential rains that have already killed six people and that especially affected the regions of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha (central Spain).
In Madrid, torrential rains also caused the temporary closure of several metro lines and, throughout the country, caused thousands of incidents, especially floods that forced dozens of people to be rescued from cars, houses, roofs and trees.
One of the most publicized cases was that of a 10-year-old boy, who was found on Monday morning in the top of a tree, where he climbed after the car he was traveling in with his family was swept away by the waters. The boy spent more than ten hours in the tree, authorities estimate, who revealed that his mother and his sister also survived.
Spain, explains AFP, is at the forefront of global warming, with 75% of its territory threatened by desertification, and is regularly hit, at the end of summer and autumn, by torrential rains that have difficulty penetrating the ground and They cause abrupt dilation of river beds.
This phenomenon, called “Dana” by meteorologists [“depressão isolada a níveis elevados”]It sometimes has dramatic consequences, such as in 2018, the year in which 13 people died on the island of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands.
Source: Observadora
