Spain: heavy rain and hailstorms – News

Roads and metro stations were complicated Tuesday morning in Madrid and surrounding areas, because of the floods that turned the streets into authentic streets on Monday night and forced the firefighters to more than 150 interventions, according to the authorities.

In the worst-hit city around the Spanish capital, Arganda del Rey, images broadcast by local media show that the streets have turned into torrents of mud, which have been transported in front of many vehicles.

Also huge mounds formed by the accumulation of hail.

"There were no casualties and the interventions are relatively normal for a thrombus like this: to remove branches of the public road, floods in garages, basements, commercial premises," he said. he declared. AFP a spokesman for the emergency services of the Madrid region.

Firefighters made a total of 152 interventions on Monday, mostly in the cities south and east of the capital.

Four highways surrounding the Spanish capital had to be cut Monday night, including a section of the main, the M30.

Five metro lines were also closed and some stations were completely flooded.

On a sunny Tuesday, traffic was still disrupted on some highways and some closed roads. A metro line was still cut at the level of Arganda del Rey.

The hospital in the southeastern city of Madrid was also flooded, affecting the operating theater and the delivery room, as was the case at the hospital in La Paz, north of the capital, said the spokesman for Emergency Services

On Monday, there was only one car accident that caused serious injuries and minor injuries, although it does not appear to be directly related to the storm, according to this spokesman. .