MADRID (AP) — Storm Leonardo continued to batter the Iberian Peninsula on Friday, bringing floods and putting rivers at risk of bursting their banks while thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Spain and Portugal.
In southern Spain’s Andalusia region, some 7,000 people have had to leave their homes due to successive storms.
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