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THIS is the dramatic second police in Spain launched a rescue operation amid freak summer time floods within the Balearic Islands.
Movies shared by the Guardia Civil present helicopters flying above a big space of flooded land on the island of Menorca on Thursday.
It got here after a so-called DANA climate entrance introduced extreme storms and rainfall, inflicting rivers and streams to overflow.
The footage reveals brokers being lowered all the way down to a number of houses earlier than carrying residents and their pets as much as the helicopter hovering above.
One other clip reveals a household being rescued from a automotive that was part-submerged in muddy water.
In a press launch the power mentioned: “Officers evacuated a household from inside a automobile that had damaged down as a result of accumulation of water in Alaior.
“In addition they carried out the rescue of the occupants of a automobile that was overturned and being dragged by the water present within the city of Es Mercadal.
“They then helped two girls aged 102 and 90, each with diminished mobility resulting from their houses being flooded with water, within the city of Es Mercadal.”
It continued: “They proceeded to evacuate 9 adults and two minors from a flooded penthouse
with the potential for the roof collapsing as a result of amassed water.
“A number of patrols carried out the evacuation of 31 folks from the higher flooring of a Nursing Dwelling.”
It added: “The Guardia Civil Air Service, along with GREIM brokers intervened within the rescue of 16 folks, amongst whom was an aged girl in want of her remedy, 9 minors and 5 pets.
“The folks have been rescued once they have been already on the roof of their houses as a result of giant quantity of water that was already flooding their houses.”
