What caused deadly floods in Spain? The impact of DANA explained
Oct 30, 2024 · DANA causes flash floods, hail and tornadoes in Spain Experts suspect DANA's growing frequency linked to climate change Aemet: DANA is a high-altitude depression, distinct from common storms Nov 4 ...
What is DANA, the weather system that brought Spain a year's …
Oct 30, 2024 · The phenomenon is known locally as DANA, a Spanish acronym for high-altitude isolated depression, and unlike common storms or squalls it can form independently of polar or subtropical jet streams. Spain declares three days of mourning after dozens die in flooding.
Hail batters Spain creating icy urban scenes - BBC
Jul 7, 2023 · Hail storms, heavy rain and flash flooding have battered towns across Spain, days after a heatwave. Video recorded in the north of Spain shows icy water running through the streets, past...
Cars smashed by golf-ball-sized hailstones as violent storm hits Spain
Cars have been destroyed by giant golf-ball-sized hailstones that fell from the sky as a violent storm passed over the Spanish city of Almería last night. The hailstorm chucked the massive ice...
Spanish rescuers search cars for bodies after storm of the century ...
Oct 29, 2024 · A British man, 71, has died in devastating Spain flash floods after he was rescued from his home. Cars were swept away down streets which became raging torrents during freak rain this week.
WATCH: Torrential rain causes floods in Spain's Mediterranean …
Oct 29, 2024 · Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia and the Balearics are experiencing extremely stormy weather with hail, lightning, heavy rain and floods causing problems for millions of people. Here are some of the most jaw-dropping videos from the last 24 hours.
Watch: Large hail stones smash car windscreens in Spain - RTÉ
Oct 29, 2024 · A massive hailstorm hit the south of Spain yesterday busting windows and flooding streets. Lines of cars were seen with their windscreens broken across El Ejido in Andalusia after a sudden...
Spain hit by deadliest floods in decades. Here’s what we know
Oct 31, 2024 · This week’s floods are the most deadly Spain has suffered in decades. In 1959, 144 people were killed by a flood in the Spanish town of Ribadelago.
Unprecedented flooding in Spain kills at least 158 people
Updated October 31, 2024 at 12:16 PM ET. BARRIO DE LA TORRE, Spain — Crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings Thursday as people tried to salvage what they could from ...
IN IMAGES: Huge hailstones pummel Spain as weather extremes …
Aug 26, 2024 · Hailstones are becoming increasingly large during storms in Spain as a result of climate change, a 2024 joint investigation by universities in Madrid, Valladolid and Seville concluded. Supercélula desplazándose desde las tierras altas de Caravaca (Región de Murcia) hasta la provincia de Almería.