Aerial view shows flooded river in central Spain, police rescue stranded people
Aerial views from Madrid emergencies helicopter showed on Monday (September 4) a swollen Alberche river after torrential rain hit central Spain causing floods.
Guardia Civil officers rescued overnight several stranded neighbors at their rooftops as water completely engulfed streets in the town of El Alamo in the Madrid region.
Emergency services were involved in almost 1,200 incidents in the region overnight and firefighters and police were seeking two missing men in the rural area of Aldea del Fresno, southwest of Madrid, said Javier Chivite, the spokesperson of the emergency services in the region.
Several roads in the Madrid region were closed as half a dozen bridges were torn down by water overflowing the riverbanks.
The sudden torrential rain that hit the country transformed streets into rivers in Madrid, Castile, Catalonia and Valencia regions. Hail also fell in many areas.
Two people died and two were missing as torrential rains caused heavy flooding in central Spain on Sunday (September 3) and early on Monday (September 4), shutting roads, subway lines and high-speed train connections, authorities said.
(Source: Reuters)
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