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| Floods in Southern Europe: Dead and missing in Spain and Italy | Floods in Southern Europe: Dead and missing in Spain and Italy |
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| A man's body has been found and five people are missing after flooding hit parts of north-east Spain. | |
| Among the missing are a woman and her son, who were inside a mobile home when the River Francolí burst its banks and washed it away. | Among the missing are a woman and her son, who were inside a mobile home when the River Francolí burst its banks and washed it away. |
| Flash floods in northern Italy left two people dead on Tuesday and roads in the south of France were blocked as rivers burst their banks. | Flash floods in northern Italy left two people dead on Tuesday and roads in the south of France were blocked as rivers burst their banks. |
| Parts of Narbonne Plage and Béziers were inundated by floodwater. | Parts of Narbonne Plage and Béziers were inundated by floodwater. |
| A woman aged 68 was swept away by a torrent outside her front door at Cazouls-d'Hérault, north-east of Béziers. The mayor told the France Bleu website that she had been found up to 100m (330ft) away and was rushed to hospital. | |
| Ten departments in southern France were placed on orange alert. Cars were submerged and the waters of the River Orb rose dangerously beneath a historic bridge in Béziers as the town saw 198mm (nearly 8in) - or the equivalent of two months' average rainfall - in just six hours on Wednesday morning. | Ten departments in southern France were placed on orange alert. Cars were submerged and the waters of the River Orb rose dangerously beneath a historic bridge in Béziers as the town saw 198mm (nearly 8in) - or the equivalent of two months' average rainfall - in just six hours on Wednesday morning. |
| Forecasters said the Hérault area saw 240mm of rain in the past 24 hours, a 50-year record. Local prefect Jacques Witkowski told reporters that shelter had been given to more than 1,000 people whose homes had been flooded. | |
| Locals were relieved that the floods had not caused as much damage as a year ago in the south-western Aude area, when 15 people died. | Locals were relieved that the floods had not caused as much damage as a year ago in the south-western Aude area, when 15 people died. |
| The north-east Spanish region of Catalonia suffered its second period of torrential rain in two months. | The north-east Spanish region of Catalonia suffered its second period of torrential rain in two months. |
| Streams became raging torrents, and a 75-year-old man who tried to move his car in the early hours of Wednesday was caught up in the flood at Arenys de Munt. A neighbour said the street had turned into a river and the man was swept away. His body was found on a beach hours later. | Streams became raging torrents, and a 75-year-old man who tried to move his car in the early hours of Wednesday was caught up in the flood at Arenys de Munt. A neighbour said the street had turned into a river and the man was swept away. His body was found on a beach hours later. |
| A mother aged about 70 and her 40-year-old son were in their prefabricated bungalow at Vilaverd, a village north of Tarragona, when the River Francolí burst its banks and washed the building away. | A mother aged about 70 and her 40-year-old son were in their prefabricated bungalow at Vilaverd, a village north of Tarragona, when the River Francolí burst its banks and washed the building away. |
| Three other people are being treated as missing. Two were in a car when it was hit by the flood. | Three other people are being treated as missing. Two were in a car when it was hit by the flood. |
| Police found an empty car in the flooded River Francolí on Wednesday and were trying to find out if it belonged to the missing pair. | Police found an empty car in the flooded River Francolí on Wednesday and were trying to find out if it belonged to the missing pair. |
| A fifth person, from Belgium, was also reported missing when his lorry was found in the same river at l'Espluga de Francolí. | |
| The area around Tarragona was among the worst affected. The roof of the baroque church at Savallà del Comtat caved in. | The area around Tarragona was among the worst affected. The roof of the baroque church at Savallà del Comtat caved in. |
| A seven-year-old girl was among three people hurt when torrential rain swamped a campsite near Barcelona. | A seven-year-old girl was among three people hurt when torrential rain swamped a campsite near Barcelona. |
| Meteorologists blamed the torrential rain on a cold front known as a high-level isolated depression. | Meteorologists blamed the torrential rain on a cold front known as a high-level isolated depression. |
| Torrential rain also caused major disruption in northern Italy. | Torrential rain also caused major disruption in northern Italy. |
| Two people died and the Piedmont region asked for a state of emergency to be declared in the Alessandria area. | Two people died and the Piedmont region asked for a state of emergency to be declared in the Alessandria area. |
| One of those who died was a taxi driver. Fabrizio Torre, 52, had been driving a customer, reportedly a British man, from Genoa airport to a golf club when his signal disappeared. In his last call to colleagues, he described seeing water everywhere. | |
| The customer was reportedly found alive, clinging to a tree. | The customer was reportedly found alive, clinging to a tree. |
| Another man of 81 died when his car turned over in Turin province. | Another man of 81 died when his car turned over in Turin province. |