US surfer Garrett McNamara rides a big wave during a tow-in surfing session at the Praia do Norte, or North beach, in Nazare, Portugal
Authorities say a heavy storm has killed one person and caused severe flooding in Portugal’s Algarve region.
Authorities were cleaning up and counting the cost of the damage in the seaside resort.
Municipal workers, storekeepers and residents shoveled away thick mud and fire crews pumped rainwater out of basements in Albufeira, the hardest-hit vacation town some 200 kilometers south of the capital, Lisbon.
Police said they discovered the body of an 80-year-old man whose car was found submersed.
The storm Sunday swept away cars, uprooted trees and washed away roads. Stores in the downtown area were flooded with brown water almost to the ceiling.
Heavy rains also started hitting Spain on Monday, causing extensive flooding but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Spain’s meteorological agency issued a warning that substantial rains and strong gusts of wind would affect “most of the Peninsula, Balearic and Canary Islands” until Nov. 3.
The regional government of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa said Tenerife had been buffeted by stormy weather and that it was maintaining its emergency services on alert to deal with the aftermath, with intense precipitation predicted.
Spain’s agency forecast “very heavy” rainfall in Andalusia and Valencia, while strong winds were expected in the Balearic island of Ibiza. AP
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