Intense torrential rains in Spain have left one dead and two people missing. Heavy storms in southeast Spain caused hundreds of incidents and left dozens of families’ homes completely flooded. Flooding of several rivers, especially in the Guadalhorce Valley, forced many residents to abandon their homes in the middle of the night to save their lives. Our correspondent Sergio Rodrigo provides more details. teleSUR
00:00And the intense torrential rains that hit Spain have left one dead and two missing people.
00:05Heavy storms in southeast Spain have caused hundreds of incidents and left dozens of families with their homes completely flooded.
00:13The flooding of several rivers, especially in the Guadalajorce Valley, has forced many residents to abandon their homes in the middle of the night to save their lives.
00:22A correspondent Sergio Rodrigo has a story.
00:25At Auxy's house, the water washed everything away.
00:30After 9.30 pm, the water forced this family with two small children to take refuge on the upper floor of the house in the face of this imminent risk of being trapped.
00:43Water was coming in from everywhere.
00:46They lost their mattresses, the living room, the children's bed, the crib, everything.
00:53The washing machine, the refrigerator, the kitchen is completely invisible.
00:58The water reached the third drawer in the kitchen.
01:02Last night, everyone was here.
01:04They had to go upstairs and spend the night, as best as they could, because there was nothing they could do downstairs.
01:12Mercedes and Francisco experienced moments of panic after the Guadalajorce River overflowed and a heavy hail storm made their situation worse.
01:22In a matter of minutes, water began to get into their home.
01:25It started raining very hard.
01:28The garage filled up and then the water started to come in through the kitchen and the patio.
01:35It was deadly, an impressive thing.
01:37Suddenly, we saw that the water was covering everything.
01:42We climbed onto the sofa to wait but it kept rising so we decided to go to the stairwell because it wouldn't reach there.
01:51And there, we spent the night as best as we could.
01:55The Guadalajorce Valley has been one of the most affected areas by the red alert, a phenomenon that is not new and recurs with every episode of extreme rainfall.
02:08Unfortunately, not even a year and two months ago something very similar happened.
02:13The same streets, the same park, the same school and the same consequences.
02:17This is repetitive.
02:18We have been asking the Andalusian government for a solution for some time.
02:24There is a canal that was built about 25 years ago and needs work.
02:29Even so, we must be grateful for the cleanup of the Guadalajorce River because, thanks to that, today we can be a little more at ease.
02:38Heavy rains have caused the death of a man in Alaurín El Grande after the river was away the van he was travelling in.
02:47Two other people are missing.
02:50We were here doing some work on the farm and we have already seen the civil guard, helicopter and various search teams, such as neighbours and volunteers who are looking for him.
03:01Floating on several rivers in Spain affects hundreds of municipalities in the Valencian community,
03:07the region of Murcia and Andalusia, as well as dozens of flights cancelled and hundreds of emergency service interventions into racial rains that continue in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.
03:19Sergio Rodrigo y Franci González, Telesur, Andalusia, España.
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