The waterspout fell this afternoon in Madrid has caused flooding on the A-2 between Canillejas and the M-50. At kilometer 8 of the Barcelona road, the road has flooded and remains cut in both directions.
Several cars have been trapped in the water and their drivers have been rescued. The Civil Guard of Traffic is allowing cars to turn around to leave towards
Also the heavy rains that have fallen on the capital have left incidents in Metro de Madrid. Specifically between Pueblo Nuevo and Cartagena, stations of Line 7, where the circulation has been interrupted after 18.30 hours. And also between Fuencarral and Begoña, both on Line 10. In both situations, the incidents responded to the large accumulation of water on the tracks. "We are working to resolve it in the shortest possible time. We apologize via Twitter from the official account of the underground.
Some users have used social networks to 'vent' at the situation they have had to live. "Why do we want beaches if we have the subway on rainy days," said one. "In 5 minutes of rain the subway is already flooded. Madrid must solve this anyway. It's Third World," Alvaro replied.
In addition, the trains of lines C1, C2, C7, C8 and C10 of the Madrid commuter nucleus circulate with average delays of 15 minutes due to an incident in the infrastructure between Recoletos and Nuevos Ministerios, caused by the weather conditions in the area.
In addition, there are also floods in the parking lot of the La Vaguada shopping center and in several areas of Barajas and Canillejas.
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