Strong images: violent floods hit Catalonia, two people have disappeared

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Two people are missing in Catalonia, in northeast of Spain, after torrential rains that fell on Saturday evening, causing occasional floods and the interruption of rail traffic for several hours. Nevertheless,

“We are looking for two people in Cubelles”. Consequently, a commune of 17,000 inhabitants located 50 kilometers from Barcelona, the firefighters said in a message published in the evening on the social network X.

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“According to first information. they were taken away by the flood of the Foix”, which flows into the Mediterranean, added, specifying that the research system concerned “the banks” of the river as well as “its mouth”.

This announcement occurs while the northeast of the country was affected by Diluvian rains on Saturday afternoon. especially in Catalonia, where the authorities triggered a red alert, with the sending of telephone messages to the inhabitants.

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These heavy rains led to floods. especially in a hospital in Barcelona, which had to refuse the entry of new patients after being the victim of an electric cut. At Barcelona airport. an airplane that had just taken off towards the United States had to turn back, the nose of the aircraft having been damaged by hail, according to air controllers.

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These bad weather pushed the railway company to suspend the traffic of trains for several hours throughout Catalonia. both for high -speed trains and for regional and suburban trains.

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In this region. more than 70 people were taken care of by emergency services, but none in serious condition, depending on the emergency services. The red alert, which had been launched around 5:00 p.m., was lifted around 7:00 p.m.

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