Heavy rains turn streets into rivers on Spain’s Mediterranean coast

MADRID — Torrential rain that followed a prolonged drought has turned streets into rivers that swept away cars and nearly some pedestrians in towns along Spain’s Mediterranean coast.

In Molina de Segura in the southeastern region of Murcia, social media footage showed a boy being flipped out of his buggy as his mother tried to push him across a flooded street. They were both pulled to safety by a bystander.

Passersby intervened to stop another family member trying to make the crossing with the buggy a second time.

In the same town, more footage showed a red car being swept about 50 meters (55 yards) down a street after a man tried to drive across the rising flood.

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