The woman swept into a stream in Cabrera de Mar was found at sea about six kilometres away. Dana Adam also sent UME units to the Balearic Islands, where schools closed. Authorities suspended classes in parts of Valencia and Alicante too.
At about 7.30pm on Saturday, she was walking near Cabrera de Mar’s municipal pavilion with her husband and two children. Heavy rain had swollen the stream in the Maresme area. The water swept her away.
Emergency teams found her body at sea around 11am on Sunday, roughly 15½ hours after she disappeared. It was about six kilometres from where she had been swept away, near the breakwater at the port of Premià de Mar. Ground crews from the Bombers de la Generalitat spotted the body. Mossos d’Esquadra officers recovered it from the water. EFE reported the recovery, citing the fire service. An earlier search report also recorded the same distance.
The search ran overnight and continued into Sunday. At its height, it involved as many as 18 fire-service crews. Mossos d’Esquadra and local police took part, along with Salvamento Marítimo. EFE reported that nine crews initially searched the river area and coastline.
Dana Adam brought very heavy, persistent rain to Spain’s Mediterranean region and the Balearic Islands. Thunderstorms also hit both areas. AEMET warned that intense or torrential rain could continue overnight and into the first half of Monday, 19 October.
The Unidad Militar de Emergencias sent units from its Third Battalion in Valencia to Ibiza and Mallorca. They were dispatched to support the islands’ emergency services amid red weather alerts. The Balearic government raised its civil-protection alert to red for Mallorca and Ibiza. Formentera was included too. Parts of the islands remained under a red weather alert until 6am on Monday.
Mallorca residents were told to take maximum precautions against heavy rain and strong gusts. At 7.02pm on Sunday, Protección Civil sent the warning to mobile phones through the Es-Alert system. The message also said classes would be suspended the following day.
The Balearic government suspended classes on Monday in every educational centre in Ibiza and Formentera. The order also covered Mallorca. The Universitat de les Illes Balears suspended activity at its campuses. Schools also closed in municipalities in Valencia and Alicante, where red warnings for intense rainfall and storms remained in force into Monday morning.
In Valencia province, the affected municipalities were Gandía and Tabernes de Valldigna. Piles and Oliva were also included. The closures extended to Benirredrá and Alcira, as well as La Alcudia. Fortaleny and Algemesí were affected too. In Alicante province, El Vergel also suspended classes. The red warning covered the coasts of Valencia and Alicante. Rainfall totals above 200 litres per square metre were reported in parts of the Valencian Community, including the Safor area.
