Storm Adam floods death toll rises to four as Valencia confinement orders lifted
Two more deaths in the coastal town of Oliva have pushed Storm Adam's death toll to four, as Valencia lifted stay-indoors orders across most of the 145 affected municipalities.
The death toll from Storm Adam has risen to four after two more fatalities were reported in the Valencia region on Monday, authorities said, as Al Jazeera reported.
Both new deaths occurred in the town of Oliva near Valencia, one of the worst-hit areas. A 79-year-old woman was found dead at her home, while a 64-year-old man died of a heart attack at a flooded campsite in the same municipality, CGTN reported. They follow the earlier two victims: a woman swept away by floodwaters near Barcelona on Saturday evening, and a woman who drowned bathing in the sea at Sagunto, north of Valencia, on Sunday.
The storm, which started on Saturday, dumped as much as 700 litres of rain per square metre in 24 hours in parts of Valencia — an episode Spain’s Aemet weather agency described as exceptionally severe, the heaviest comparable rainfall since 1987. Floodwaters isolated several Mediterranean towns, burst river banks and turned streets into torrents.
There were signs of easing: the Valencian regional government announced at noon on Monday that confinement orders had been lifted in most of the 145 affected municipalities, CGTN said. Emergency services have responded to more than 700 incidents across the region.
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