Spain is still reeling from recent floods in the Valencia region. In some areas, a year's worth of rain fell in a single day. Sudden torrents raced through towns and cities. More than 200 people are dead.

The images show a devastating transformation of eastern Spain, where at least 205 people have been killed by flash floods.

In Chiva, a town near Valencia, the amount of rain usually seen in a year fell in just eight hours, as per Spain's meteorological agency. "One of the clearest near-term consequences of global warming, aside from rising temperatures themselves, is an increase in the most extreme rain events," said Swain.

Almost a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours in the worst-affected part of Valencia this week. It was triggered by a phenomenon called DANA.

Spain has registered the rainiest October on record, culminating in the most deadly floods in decades in the country, the national weather agency AEMET said on Friday. More than 220 people died after torrential rains on Oct.

Spain was soaked in its wettest October on record last month which culminated in catastrophic floods that have killed 219 people and left dozens missing, the government said on Friday.

The disinformation inundating social media during Spain's catastrophic floods threatened the crucial work of emergency services and exploited fear, anger and grief, an AFP investigation has found.