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Mediterranean Rains Ease in French Pyrénées-Orientales as Spain Confirms Death and Ongoing Searches

Water contamination keeps taps unsafe in several communes.

Overview

  • Météo-France lifted the orange rain–flood alert in Pyrénées-Orientales on Saturday, with the department back to yellow as precipitation tapered toward Sunday morning.
  • Several towns, including Tautavel, continue distributing bottled water after storms rendered tap water non-potable, and some roads and low-water crossings remain closed.
  • Over roughly 48 hours, many areas recorded 100–120 mm of rain, locally up to about 150 mm, with torrents in Estagel sweeping away parked vehicles and damaging infrastructure.
  • Mayors in Pollestres and Le Soler reinforced barriers at fords and rebuked motorists attempting risky crossings, citing past fatalities and recent near-misses.
  • In southern Spain, emergency services reported one confirmed death near Málaga and continued searches for two missing people, as AEMET shifted the heaviest alerts toward the Valencia and Murcia coasts.