Overview
- Spanish police reported finding a body near the Malaga river where a 45-year-old woman disappeared on Wednesday, with identification pending after she tried to rescue her dog.
- At least one death was confirmed in Portugal, thousands were evacuated in southern Spain, and the village of Grazalema was fully cleared as successive storms overwhelmed drainage and slopes.
- Spain’s AEMET lifted the top rain alert for Andalusia but forecast Storm Marta’s arrival on Saturday, cautioning that additional downpours could trigger fresh landslides and flash floods.
- Portugal’s civil protection said it has handled more than 7,500 incidents and mobilized over 26,500 responders since Thursday, with alerts extending to the Tagus basin and flooding in Alcácer do Sal after the Sado overflowed.
- Leaders urged vigilance, with Spain’s Pedro Sánchez visiting flooded zones and Portugal warning of further river rises, as reconstruction needs mount after January’s Storm Kristin, estimated at over €4 billion.