Overall Green alert Flood for Spain
in Spain

Event summary

Flood Spain can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101666
Death: 1
Displaced: 300
Countries: Spain
From - To 16 Sep - 25 Sep

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Eastern Spain, Mid-September 2022Heavy rain caused flooding and damage in several regions of eastern Spain from 16 September 2022. One person was injured when he was trapped inside a vehicle in a flooded underpass in Mataró in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia on 16 September. Areas of Girona Province were also affected. Media reported 90 mm of rain in 1 hour in Mataró. Stormy weather affected parts of Valencia Region on 17 September. Flooding was reported in Oropesa del Mar, Cabanes and Torreblanca, in the province of Castellón; and in Benissa and Callosa d'En Sarrià in Alicante. A police officer died trying to rescue people from flood waters in Benissa. Around 300 people were evacuated from a flooded campsite in Cabanes. A total of 144.4 mm of rain fell in 12 hours on 17 September in the town of Oropesa del Mar.Sun 18 Sep 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),