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Storm Marta evacuates 11,000 residents

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Storm Marta swept through Andalusia, forcing more than 11,000 people to evacuate and prompting emergency operations amid severe flooding, damaged infrastructure and fears for river levees.

El Mundo
The ravaged landscape left by the string of storms in Andalusia: floods, desperate rescues, the Guadalquivir at red alert, and thousands evacuated, although 2,000 residents return home

The 1,500 residents of Grazalema remain evacuated and, for now, do not return to their homes due to the risk of subsidence from the collapse of the aquifers. Read

The ravaged landscape left by the string of storms in Andalusia: floods, desperate rescues, the Guadalquivir at red alert, and thousands evacuated, although 2,000 residents return home
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El Pais
The storm gives Andalusia a break. “The worst is over”

Several of the more than 11,000 displaced in the region are able to return to their homes. The government will declare all affected areas disaster zones.

The storm gives Andalusia a break. “The worst is over”
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ABC
The 'Zone Zero' of the storm in Andalusia continues to register tremors

The Marta storm arrived this Saturday, putting Andalusia back on alert for heavy rains, strong winds and storms, with all eight provinces under orange alert due to adverse weather phenomena, keeping level 2 emergency status active in the region.

The 'Zone Zero' of the storm in Andalusia continues to register tremors
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Dagens Nyheter
Massive destruction and tense situation after Storm Marta in Spain

More than 11,000 people were evacuated in southern Spain after Storm Marta swept in with rain and winds of up to 25 meters per second on Saturday afternoon. Large areas of Andalusia and central Spain were already drenched by rain, and authorities are holding their breath as they await the Guadalquivir River's dams to hold.

Massive destruction and tense situation after Storm Marta in Spain
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by Rachael Garrett

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Almost as remarkable as the flooding is having a public service that actually functions. There are crazy floods often in the us and people are largely on their own.

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February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM

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Last Wednesday, the village of Grazalema (southern Spain, 900 m altitude) received 577 mm of rain in one day: the second highest ever recorded in Spain, only behind the deadly downpour in the Valencia region of 29 October 2024. malagaldia.es/2026/02/06/g...
Grazalema sufrió el segundo día más lluvioso jamás registrado en España, según la Aemet - malagaldia.es
La Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) activó el aviso rojo -peligro extraordinario- el miércoles por lluvias muy abundantes en zonas de Cádiz (Grazalema
malagaldia.es
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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