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Added on the 04/12/2023 21:46:15 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Damages caused by the torrential rains which hit Spain, leaving ar least three people dead and three people reported missing. The weekend storm affected almost the whole country, with the heaviest rains recorded on Sunday in the coastal provinces of Cadiz, Tarragona and Castello, according to state weather office Aemet. IMAGES
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits a flood-hit area in the southwestern German state of Saarland, alongside state premier Anke Rehlinger, after heavy rain swamps streets and buildings and forces evacuations. At least one person is injured but no deaths have been reported. IMAGES
Cars destroyed by floods are stuck along the roads in Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, after heavy rains flooded the area in recent days. River levels are rising again as strong rains continue in southern Brazil, where flooding has already killed more than 140 people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. IMAGES
Images of monster floods and waterlogged streets in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Floods have devastated the state of Rio Grande do Sul, of which Porto Alegre is the capital, leaving at least 60 people dead and 70,000 evacuees. IMAGES
Cars drive through flooded water during heavy rainfall in Arbil, the capital of northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region. IMAGES
Water levels are rising in Vertou, with Loire-Atlantique one of four departments in western France placed on flood alert following heavy rainfall caused by Storm Louis. IMAGES