Ronda, Spain, Feb 4, 2026 (AFP) - Thousands evacuated as storm hits Spain, Portugal

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A storm unleashing up to 35 centimetres (14 inches) of rain in 24 hours battered the Iberian Peninsula on Wednesday, forcing thousands of people in southern Spain from their homes, shutting schools and cancelling trains. Spanish weather agency AEMET placed parts of the southern region of Andalusia under the highest red alert for the torrential rain dumped by Storm Leonardo. An "extraordinary amount of rain" was falling in a region where "the grou......

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