'Catastrophic' and 'out of control' floods in Huesca and Lleida force hundreds of evacuations
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 @ 6:08 PM
HUNDREDS of residents in the northern regions of Aragón and Catalunya have been evacuated from their homes as torrential rain causes flash flooding and rivers to burst their banks.
The worst of the damage is near the Pyrénées and 400 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Aran Valley and in Pallars Sòbira, both in the province of Lleida, Catalunya.
Roads have been blocked off, bridges brought down and homes awash, although luckily as yet nobody has been injured.
Several hundred more have been evacuated in the province of Huesca, Aragón, after the river Ésera burst its banks due to a combination of the snow and ice melting and torrential rain, leading to floods in the towns of Castejón de Sos and Benasque.
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