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Storms Recede in Catalonia as Málaga Mounts Searches and Corrientes Sets December Rainfall Record

Emergency crews transition to recovery operations with displaced residents relying on volunteer aid.

Overview

  • In Catalonia, Protecció Civil ended the Inuncat alert for the Levante episode but kept prealerts to monitor swollen rivers in Girona and high avalanche risk in the eastern Pyrenees.
  • Historic flooding hit Málaga’s Guadalhorce valley, with the river peaking near 5.8 meters in Cártama, prompting evacuations and cleanup as Aemet stood down the red warning.
  • Three people are missing in Andalucía: two men whose van was swept away by the Fahala in Alhaurín el Grande—later found 1.6 km downstream—and a motorcyclist carried off by a swollen arroyo near Íllora.
  • In Corrientes, Argentina, December rains reached record levels—around 520 mm this month—putting San Luis del Palmar under emergency with more than 400 people evacuated or self-evacuated.
  • Prefectura and police search for two tourists missing in the Paraná at Ituzaingó, while unrelated cases in Argentina include a Rosario shooting under fiscal investigation and a DUI fatality with the driver detained in Santiago del Estero.