Torrential rains forced the cancellation of famed Good Friday religious processions through Seville, leaving many faithful in tears in the southern Spanish city.
It is the first time since 2011 that all of the six night-time processions -- the highlight of Christian Easter Week -- were called off due to bad weather. The processions were suspended in 2020 and 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Images broadcast on Spanish television showed scenes of people crying and embracing after the processions were called off at the last minute. Spain's meteorological agency, AEMET, issued weather warnings for 14 of the country's 17 regions due to heavy rain, winds of more than 70 kilometres per hour and rough seas.
But the storms are otherwise good news for Spain where several regions, notably Andalusia in the south and Catalonia in the northwest, have been suffering from a prolonged drought.
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