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Spain’s torrential rains and flooding force evacuations
STORY: :: Torrential rains across Spain’s Balearic Islands have flooded roads and forced people to evacuate :: Formentera, Spain:: August 15, 2024:: Soller, Spain:: Palma de Mallorca, SpainSpanish national weather agency AEMET kept an orange alert on Thursday in the whole area due to the high risk of storms, having downgraded it from red earlier.The emergency services said they expected the worst of the storm to have passed, having urged people on Wednesday to remain indoors.More than 50 flights were canceled across airports in the Balearic Islands since the rainstorm started on Wednesday and delays are expected to continue, Spanish airport operator Aena said.Civil Guard police said on Thursday they had evacuated a dozen people from Soller town in Mallorca due to the floods.The regional emergency service said it had received around 180 calls on incidents related to the storms during the last 24 hours. Nine people were injured in the island of Formentera on Wednesday and a fisherman was rescued by Spanish coast guard, it added.
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