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Storm Adam Floods Trigger Shelter Orders for 800,000 Residents
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- Spanish emergency services rescued residents from rooftops as Storm Adam floods killed two people.
- Authorities placed shelter-in-place orders on over 800,000 residents along the Mediterranean coast.
- Rainfall exceeded 600 mm in 48 hours, the highest total since 1987.
- The government deployed military and national police units as the flood response.
- More than 100,000 Valencia students missed classes because of the storm.