Mother and two children rescued in Coria as the Alagón river reaches the red threshold during storm Charles

Firefighters from the Cáceres provincial council rescued a woman and her two children on Wednesday after they were trapped by a swollen stream in Coria (Cáceres), according to EFE. Informativos Telecinco says the rescue was carried out by the council's fire and rescue service (Sepei) near the town's medieval bridge.

According to EFE, rain has picked up again in northern Cáceres, where the red warning for intense rainfall remains in place until the end of the day, and the gauges on the Alagón river in Coria and at Hurdanos, in Nuñomoral, are at the red threshold, which indicates a dangerous hydrological situation with possible flooding of areas next to the channel, according to the Tagus Automatic Hydrological Information System (SAIH).

The Extremadura Emergency Centre handled around 90 incidents in the first twelve hours of the day, mainly fallen trees, displaced objects, rising river levels and some collapses of minor structures, according to the agency. In addition to classes across the region, road public transport has been suspended in northern Cáceres, as has the activity of day centres and centres for older people in that area. The CC-146, at the Zarza la Mayor ford, and the CC-224, at the Puerto de Honduras, remain closed because of landslides, according to Informativos Telecinco.

In Andalusia, the Emergency Agency coordinated 213 emergencies in the first thirteen hours of the day, most of them caused by falling branches or trees, with Seville the province with the most incidents, and in Madrid El Retiro and five other historic parks remain closed because of the wind, according to EFE. The storm will begin to move away on Thursday, although rain and wind will continue to affect much of the country, according to the agency.