ROTA, Spain — Violent thunderstorms brought 92 mph winds and more than 15 inches of rain to Naval Station Rota and the surrounding town this past weekend. The storm hit early Saturday morning, raising floodwaters throughout the area where rain had fallen the previous week.

No injuries were reported, and aside from sporadic power outages, there was very little damage to the base, officials said. Downed trees and flooded intersections prompted local officials to ask the Navy for help.

"We received a call from the city of Rota on Saturday morning, requesting assistance with areas that had flooded," said Rob Paulette, Naval Station Rota’s emergency management director. "There were several flooded intersections and streets, homes with flooded basements and parking garages underneath apartment buildings."

Members of the Navy’s fire station and public works department helped pump 120,000 gallons of water out of area homes, many rented by Spanish and American citizens. Crews were dispatched to several neighborhoods within three miles of the base.

"The damage was unbelievable," said Lt. j.g. Mike Hightower, assigned to the base public works department. "In the homes, there was three feet of standing water, and in the garages, there was about 10 feet."

One crew pumped water from a local restaurant that bordered a row of homes mostly rented by U.S. citizens.

"Any more rain in that area would have caused damage to those homes," Paulette said. "And with the warm weather we’ve had, we would have had an issue with mosquitoes that would have affected both the Spanish and U.S. population." Temperatures are forecasted in the mid- to high 70s in the region this week.

Though little damage was done to the base, officials estimate personal property damage in excess of $80,000. Most of the damage was to vehicles partly or totally submerged by water. Navy officials said no estimate of damages to Spanish-owned property was available.