Heavy rains lash Spain after deadly floods

Spain has closed schools and evacuated residents arsenic dense rains lashed nan country, 2 weeks aft its worst floods successful a procreation that killed much than 200 people.

National upwind agency AEMET placed nan confederate state of Malaga and nan northeastern Catalonia region connected reddish alert connected Wednesday, nan highest level for beardown rains expected to past until Friday.

It forecasts arsenic overmuch arsenic 180 millimetres (seven inches) of rainfall could autumn location successful conscionable 12 hours nether a reddish alert.

Less terrible downpours are besides expected successful nan flood-hit eastbound Valencia region, but section officials warned that since sewage systems are clogged pinch mud they could struggle to cope.

The October 29 large wind killed astatine slightest 222 people, mostly successful nan Valencia region, wrecked infrastructure, gutted buildings and submerged fields. The last measure is expected to soar to tens of billions of euros.

“There’s thing to suffer now,” Carlos Molto, a resident of nan Picanya suburb of Valencia city, told section tv position A Punt.

Parts of nan municipality of Paiporta, 1 of nan worst-hit sites, were erstwhile again flooded aft a titanic cleanup effort, according to section newspaper Las Provincias.

Many group had barricaded their homes pinch planks aliases sandbags to effort to protect them from caller flooding.

The rainfall besides meant schools and universities closed crossed ample parts of Valencia, nan confederate region of Andalusia and Catalonia.

Malaga metropolis hallway said it had ordered nan removal of houses located connected nan banks of nan Campanillas River owed to nan flood risk.

The commencement of nan Billie Jean King Cup tennis finals betwixt Spain and Poland successful nan confederate metropolis was besides postponed connected Wednesday.

The location governments of Andalusia and Catalonia sent emergency alerts to mobile phones informing group to beryllium cautious.

Critics person questioned nan ratio of nan Valencia region’s alert strategy during October’s downpour, which successful immoderate cases only reached residents’ telephones erstwhile floodwater was already gushing done towns.

Outrage astatine nan authorities for their perceived mismanagement earlier and aft nan floods triggered wide protests connected Saturday. The largest, successful nan metropolis of Valencia, drew 130,000 people.