At least two people have died in central Spain after Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rain.
The two deaths were near the city of Toledo, south of Madrid, Spain’s Guardia Civil told CNN on Monday.
One man, in his 20s, died in the small town of Casarrubios del Monte due to the devastating consequences of Storm Dana, police spokesperson Ramon Cuevas said.
Another man was found dead in the town of Bargas, Cuevas added.
The president of the Castilla La-Mancha region, which has been most heavily hit by the storm, described its impact on Sunday as “very hard and hostile.”
Images showed overturned cars and damaged property in central Spain on Monday.
Garcia-Page explained that during Sunday’s events, emergency services couldn’t remove the water on numerous occasions because they had prioritized rescuing trapped people, which “shows the amount of water that fell and how quickly that did it.”
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People walk in the rain on September 2, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The arrival of a DANA in Spain, which occurred yesterday, September 1, has brought rain and a sharp drop in temperatures this weekend, when maximum temperatures will not exceed 25 degrees in large regions of the north and interior of the peninsula, due to atmospheric instability. Likewise, the entrance of this DANA will mark the beginning of the meteorological autumn. Today is the day in which the rains will intensify, accompanied in some cases even by storms and hail, not ruling out floods. 02 SEPTEMBER 2023 Carlos Luján / Europa Press 09/02/2023 (Europa Press via AP)
Madrid residents told to stay indoors as Spanish capital braces for torrential rain
Emiliano García-Page said the La Mancha government will analyze the impacted areas. He praised the emergency services for their “tremendous” work, reminding listeners that despite the death in Casarrubios del Monte, we should “also count dozens of people who were saved.”
Spanish authorities also said at least a 55-year-old woman was reported missing in the municipality of Valmojado, while two others were missing in the Madrid region.
According to CNN Weather, rain will continue Monday for central portions of Spain, including its capital Madrid but will not be as widespread as Sunday and amounts will be less though downpours can be heavy where they do occur.
Dry weather is expected to return for much of the country on Tuesday.
Residents in Madrid had been instructed by city authorities to stay indoors on Sunday, when Storm Dana was set to hit.
The state meteorological agency, AEMET, issued a warning for Madrid, Toledo and Cadiz, initially predicting that up to 120 liters per square meter of rain could fall over Madrid in 12 hours.
Valencia, on the Mediterrenean coast, had earlier seen intense rainfall already, AEMAT said.
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