One dead as heavy rains sweep Spain, leaving mud and debris

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A woman died after she was swept away trying to cross a river in torrential rain in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, authorities said on Sunday (Oct 18), bringing to five the death toll from heavy rain and flooding over the past 15 days.  Torrential rains hit several areas of the European country on Saturday (Oct 17), the most affected being Catalonia and Almeria in the south.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:01A woman died after being swept away while trying to cross a river amid torrential rain in Spain's northeastern Catalonia

00:09region, bringing the death toll from heavy rain and flooding over the past 15 days to five.

00:15Heavy rain hit several parts of Spain on Saturday, with Catalonia and Almeria in the south among the worst affected

00:23areas.

00:23The 35-year-old woman was swept away in Cabrera de Mar as she tried to cross a river with

00:29her children on Saturday night, despite warnings to stay away from waterways.

00:34Her body was found at sea on Sunday by rescuers.

00:37In August, floods and a landslide triggered by torrential rain killed two elderly women near Pontevedra in rural northwestern Spain,

00:46as seven regions were placed on yellow alert for storms and heavy rain.

00:51The flooding followed weeks of record high temperatures that fueled a series of devastating wildfires.

00:57And the floodplain may even host a few years.

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