Flash floods hit Spain; automobiles swept away, people trapped: Watch | World News

A big storm and torrential downpours since Friday triggered flash flooding in Spain’s north-eastern metropolis of Zaragoza, inflicting disruption to common life. The heavy downpour resulted in a variety of streets being inundated, inflicting some people to be trapped inside their automobiles.

Whereas there have been no tales of deaths or missing people however, there was a widespread hurt to property. Reportedly, tram suppliers have been positioned on preserve and bus routes in a variety of rain-affected Zaragoza neighbourhoods have been modified.

The nation’s Parque Venecia was one in every of many considerably impacted areas the place persons are stranded inside their automobiles, in accordance with a warning from the Zaragoza Metropolis Council, reported the Particular.

A variety of motion pictures went viral on social media displaying people clinging on to the roof of their automobiles as their cars are being washed away by the raging water.

A Twitter individual shared a video of the flash floods, saying, “Catastrophic hurt in Zaragoza, Spain from flash flooding. Tales sound very unhealthy.”

Rescue operations

The Spain authorities deployed emergency suppliers – along with rescue teams, ambulances throughout the metropolis. The rescue teams reportedly used ropes along with vertical rescues from the fireside brigade’s automated ladder to help the people trapped inside their automobiles. Within the meantime, public assist was moreover required to rescue individuals from automobiles inside the Los Enlaces house, acknowledged tales.