13 Oct, 2016 @ 17:11
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Man dies as fierce storms wreak havoc across Spain

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drownA 60-YEAR-OLD man has drowned after his car was swept away in a flash flood in northern Spain.

Heavy rainfall across Catalonia blocked roads and train lines and cut off power to hundreds of homes.

There was a record amount of rain in the Cabrils valley with more than 205 litres per square meter falling in less than four hours.

drown-tweetThe man’s body was found in Vilassar del Mar late last night.

He reportedly ignored a cordon and drove into an ‘at risk’ area.

Serious floods were also reported in Galicia.

Rainfall across most of Spain brought an end to this year’s long and dry summer yesterday.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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