To the editor: Rather than spending a fortune on a Los Angeles River project that would benefit the few, why not benefit the masses by doing what Valencia, Spain, did to its Turia River in 1969?

In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped in vehicles, homes and businesses.

Here are a few things to know about Spain's deadliest storm in living memory: The storms concentrated over the Magro and Turia river basins and, in the Poyo riverbed, produced walls of water that ...

(AP) Eastern Spain has been left reeling after devastating flash floods, triggered by unprecedented downpours, swept through the region, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. The ...