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  • Swimmers scream in terror after seeing two sharks off Spanish beach

    Swimmers scream in terror after seeing two sharks off Spanish beach

    Upon spotting two sharks near to the coast, lifeguards at a well-known Spanish beach warned swimmers to leave the water.

    The two predators had arrived on Monday at the picturesque El Port de la Selva beach on the Costa Brava in the extreme northeast of Catalonia, where they startled swimmers.

    The first to spot ominous fins piercing the water’s surface were people canoeing away from the beach. They immediately notified the neighbourhood lifeguards, who then raised the red flag.

    Agents from Civil Protection took a look around after everyone had left to see if they could locate the creatures, which were believed to be blue sharks.

    The swimmers went back into the ocean when they were unable to find any sign of them.

    That is, until the sharks were spotted once more barely 30 minutes later.

    Locals and visitors splashed their way out of the water once more, but authorities

    On June 21, one was seen on camera leaving a pier on the island of Arousa, which is located on the other side of the Iberian peninsula from El Port de la Selva in the Galician province of Pontevedra.

    On the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain, El Port de la Selva is a municipality in the Alt Empord comarca.
    This year, there have been numerous sightings around the Spanish coast, including this one in El Port de la Selva (Image: Getty Images).

    Within a week, a shark had been spotted four times in the waters around Spain.

    Among the others was a fully developed, seven-foot blue shark that sparked fear south of the well-liked vacation spot Alicante.

    Despite having a frightening appearance, blue shark attacks on people are extremely uncommon.

    One was spotted in the water over the weekend at Le Barcarès, a French community located not far up the coast from El Port de la Selva.

    In a statement to The Times, lifeguard chief David Simian said: “Lifeguards got a boat out and realised it was a shark.

    It was a blue shark, which poses no danger to people.

  • Prime minister of Italy, travels to region affected by catastrophic floods

    Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, cut short her trip to Japan for the G7 summit in response to the disaster and travelled to parts of northern Italy affected by fatal flooding on Sunday.

    Meloni travelled to Emilia-Romagna, where at least 14 people died in the flooding and more than 36,000 people had to be evacuated.

    Nearly 5,000 of individuals who were evacuated are taking refuge at government-allocated facilities including theatres and museums, according to representatives of the local Civil Protection Agency.

    About 16% of the region’s territory has been evacuated so far, officials said.

    Clean-up operations are in full swing, with video from the emergency services on Saturday showing the removal of mud from washed out roads after landslides.

    More than 20 rivers burst their banks across the region, causing 280 landslides, the Civil Protection department said earlier this week.

    Meanwhile up to 27,000 people were left without power, according to Enel, the Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas.

    The flooding also devastated farmland and drowned livestock, in a region renowned for its gastronomy. A farming association called the damage “incalcuable.”

    The torrential rains come after months of drought that dried out the land – which meteorologists say has reduced its capacity to absorb water, worsening the floods.

    Water levels on northern Italy’s Lake Garda fell to record lows in February, with Venice experiencing unusually low tides.

    From lengthy droughts to severe flooding, the intensity of water-related disasters around the world has increased over the last two decades as global temperatures climbed to record levels, according to recent research.