The strong downpour of water that has affected the province of Zaragoza and the capital this afternoon, where in just under an hour it has discharged up to 54.2 liters per square meter in some parts of the city and has flooded one of the belts of round and other roads, has left many people trapped in their vehicles, which has forced the intervention of firefighters and diving teams.

Despite the heavy rain, there have been no accidents with injuries, but the conditions have spread throughout the city, which has forced the interruption of the tram service and the diversion of numerous bus lines, the Zaragoza City Council has reported.

The most serious situation has occurred in the Via Tercer Cinturón, at the height of the Barranco de la Muerte, where numerous people have been trapped in their vehicles and “truly very complicated moments” have been experienced, which have forced the rescue of more than a dozen people inside the vehicles, or who were clinging to street trees.

For this, said sources have explained, different techniques have had to be used, from ropes to vertical rescues from the autoladder, and an all-terrain truck from those used for forest fires to reach points where people were trapped.

People have also had to be rescued from cars in the area of ??Los Enlaces.

The new teams from the service of the Ecociudad company, in charge of the sanitation and supply infrastructures, have been at full capacity, as well as the local police to regulate crossings at points where the traffic lights had run out of electricity, such as the Avenida Ciudad de Soria or Caminos del Norte, or that were flooded by the obstruction of the sewage system as a result of the leaves that the hail and water have dragged and the gusts of wind that have accompanied the storm, of up to 92 km/h .

There have been dozens of streets in Zaragoza that have been affected and numerous bus lines that have had to be diverted.

In addition, the storm cell has also caused damage to homes, premises and basements in Cuarte de Huerva and in Burgo se Ebro, a municipality where eight people, four of them minors, have been evacuated from two homes in a preventive manner due to the entrance of water in the building in which they live.

Likewise, the A23 highway had to be cut at kilometer 274 in the direction of Teruel, the Civil Guard has reported, which has displaced members of Citizen Security and the Traffic Group to the affected areas.

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