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Flash floods in Spain leave at least 51 dead and disrupt rail and road services
Flash floods in Spain leave at least 51 dead and disrupt rail and road services
At least 51 people were reported dead by Spanish authorities on Wednesday after flash floods swept cars through village streets, closed roads and disrupted rail services in parts of eastern and southern Spain.
Torrential rain and hailstorms have caused flooding across multiple regions in the worst natural disaster to hit the country in recent decades.
Emergency services in the eastern Valencia region confirmed the death toll, with rescue efforts ongoing.
Valencia’s regional president Carlos Mazón said it was “impossible” to provide an exact figure for the final death toll at this stage. He told a press conference on Wednesday morning that some people were still stranded in inaccessible locations.
The central government has launched a crisis committee, and more than 1,000 soldiers from Spain’s emergency response units have been deployed to the devastated areas.
Videos shared on social media and by Spanish broadcasters show floodwater rising into the lower levels of homes, and carrying cars through streets. Police and rescue services have used helicopters to lift people from their houses and cars.
Train derailed
A high-speed train with nearly 300 people on board derailed near Malaga on Tuesday, although rail authorities said no one was hurt.
The flooding has led to several road closures, suspension of rail services, and flight diversions in cities including Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona.
National rail infrastructure operator ADIF said high-speed train services between Valencia and Madrid have been suspended, while other commuter lines across the affected regions have also been halted.
Spain’s civil air authority Enaire reported dozens of flight diversions in Valencia and Madrid. There has also been disruption at airports in Alicante and Málaga.
Emergency teams rescue a person who was stranded by floods in Malaga Gregorio Marrero/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.
Spain’s state weather agency AEMET said on X that Tuesday was the “most adverse day of the episode”, but warned that more storms were forecast through Thursday.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on X that he was following reports of missing people and damage caused “with concern”.
“Be very careful and avoid unnecessary trips,” he said urging people to heed the authorities’ advice.
Spain has faced similar autumn storms in recent years, and scientists say worsening extreme weather events are likely caused by climate change.
AEMET said the flash floods are a result of a gota fría, or cold drop, which occurs when cold polar air moves over the warm water of the Mediterranean Sea.
In a post on X, the agency said this latest cold drop was the worst of the 21st century in the Valencia region.
Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Gwarimpa in Abuja has ordered that former Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, be kept at Kuje prison till December 18.
Ngige will be on remand till the date when his bail application would be decided by the court.
Justice Hassan issued the order on Monday shortly after taking arguments for and against the bail request of the former governor of Anambra State.
Ngige’s lawyer, Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, pleaded with the judge to admit the former minister to bail, mainly on health ground.
He submitted that the former minister would not jump bail or interfere with witnesses if admitted to bail.
However, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, represented by Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, vehemently opposed the bail request, insisting that Ngige was a flight risk.
Tahir told the judge that Ngige was granted administrative bail by the EFCC and allowed to travel abroad for medical care but never reported back to the Commission.
Besides, he said that the international passport released to Ngige; to facilitate the abroad trip was never returned till today.
The senior lawyer argued that it was when Ngige was re-arrested that he came up with a purported claim that he lost his passport.
He insisted that the claim of passport loss was an afterthought and should not be believed by the court.
After the submissions, Justice Hassan fixed December 18 to deliver ruling in the bail request.
Ngige was last Friday slammed with an eight-count charge bordering on corrupt practices.
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