New torrential rains hit Spain, on the French-Spanish border, just an hour from Perpignan
Torrential rains caused significant material damage last night in the Empordà region, near the Franco-Spanish border. A violent storm hit the city of Cadaqués and surrounding areas, causing river overflows and significant damage. A few days after the torrential rains in the Valencia region.
HAS Cadaquésthe precipitation which flooded the regions of theAlt a you Down Empordà caused the river to overflow, carrying away 32 vehicles parked along its bed. These cars, caught by the power of the current, found themselves piled up under a bridge, stopped in their course towards the sea. Catalan firefighters, law enforcement and the town hall confirmed that no injuries were to be deplored despite the violence of bad weather.
Urbanization and urban runoff
The heavy precipitation did not directly affect Cadaquésbut focused on the mountain of Foamoverlooking the town. The intense rain, which fell in the space of a few minutes between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., caused a surge of water in the river. In France too: On the Catalan coast of the Pyrénées-Orientales, precipitation reached up to 120 mm within a few hours, without causing significant damage.
For the next few hours, Weather France placed Hérault and Aude in vigilance orange for rain-flood and thunderstorms. Of the significant accumulations are expected from this Friday, November 8 in the evening until Saturday, November 9, with potentially very intense phenomena affecting the coast and the interior plains. The situation will need to be closely monitored, and real-time updates will be available on infOccitanie.fr
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