Torrential rains on Thursday that followed a prolonged drought turned streets into rivers that swept away cars and nearly some pedestrians in towns along Spain's Mediterranean coast.
In Molina de Segura in the southeastern region of Murcia, social media footage showed a boy being flipped out of his buggy as his mother tried to push him across a flooded street. They were both pulled to safety by a bystander.
In the same town, more footage showed a red car being swept about 50 meters down a street after a man tried to drive across the rising flood.Earlier in the week, Spanish authorities, universities and day-care centres as a precaution after rains left behind flooded basements and submerged cars. Rainfall in Spain between Oct. 1 and May 23 was 27% below average for the period, according to AEMET.
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