The Spanish authorities announced, this Wednesday, March 19, to have found the body of the second person who disappeared in Andalusia (south of the country) from the approval of Laurence storm, with two dead the results of the torrential rains fallen at the beginning of this week in the region. “The lifeless body of the missing person has been found,” the Civil Guard, Spanish equivalent of the French Gendarmerie, in a statement.
The two missing people were a couple whose vehicle had been swept by a torrent in the town of Constantine, a town of approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Seville.
The authorities announced this Tuesday night that the woman’s body had found, specifying that he continues to look for the husband. According to the authorities, it was discovered when your car, overthrown by the current, could finally be transferred.
Another storm that is approaching
After the transition of the storm Laurence, which led to floods and preventive evacuations in certain locations, Spain expects another depression, baptized Martinho, as of this Thursday, March 20.
This storm, the fourth to cross the country in less than two weeks, will bring “generalized rains and strong winds”, according to the National Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
Due to this new rainy episode, the authorities decided to keep the Guadalquivir river under surveillance, which crosses the cities of Seville and Córdoba, and that runs the risk of overflowing.
According to the AEMET, the heavy rains that have been falling in Spain since the beginning of March 2025 are about to end the serious drought with which the country has faced since 2021.
According to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, this precipitation has allowed Spanish tanks, which store water for use during the driest months, reach 65.8% this week. It is almost ten points more than the level of a year ago (56.8%) and almost seven points more than the average of the last 10 years at this time of year (59.1%).
Source: BFM TV
