After 30 litres of rain fell on a city in Spain in only 20 minutes, rivers changed into roads, and locals shouted for help as water knocked them over.
Pedestrians were knocked off their feet, and motorists were overtaken by floating wheelie bins in the course of the downpour in Jaen, Spain.
Footage of the dramatic weather event around 8pm yesterday showed people shouting for help because the cascading water knocked them off their feet and prevented them from getting back up,
A person was pictured being carried down a city street as if he were in the midst of a raging river.
The ferocious storm lifted up paving stones and made cafe and bar terraces where people had been having fun with the sunshine yesterday into flood zones.
The storm only lasted 20 minutes, but caused chaos in Jaen and the encompassing areas.
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Police and firefighters received 110 calls about flooding in garages and basements.
Council officials in town announced a ‘pre-emergency’ phase after the violent downpour, as they worked through the night to try to revive normality.
Around 30 litres of rain fell in only 20 minutes, in line with local weather chiefs, and there have been power cuts in several areas.
This morning, it was confirmed that nobody had been hurt despite the dramatic scenes in town of 110,000.
One local caught up within the storm said last night: ‘What I’ve just experienced was incredible.”’
One other, Maria del Mar Sanchez, said: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this in my f##king lifetime. Amazing.’
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