Diversion of the Túria river, sanctioned after the Great Flood of Valencia in 1957, is believed to have saved the city from ...

It was “the greatest natural disaster in our recent history,” declared Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist prime minister. It ...

Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said ...

Even for an era of more extreme weather, this autumn has seemingly shifted into yet another gear, especially in a rain-weary ...

In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path ...

There’s no disguising the floods in Spain as anything other than a jaw-droppingly extreme weather event. The worst affected areas saw more than 400 liters of rain per square meter fall in just ...

Rescue teams are still searching for those missing in what could become Europe's worst storm-related disaster in over five ...

Jorge Tarazona is mourning the loss of his three-month-old niece and sister-in-law after they died in last week's catastrophic flooding in eastern Spain PAIPORTA, Spain -- The mangled car in which ...

DANA Desaparecidos is a social media effort to find those still unaccounted for in the devastating flash floods that swept through eastern Spain. At least 217 people are confirmed dead and the ...

Emergency workers continued the search for victims of last week’s flash floods, while a national debate raged over who was to blame for the catastrophe. By José Bautista and Amelia Nierenberg ...