Spain hit by deadliest floods in decades. Here’s what we know
Oct 31, 2024 · The flash flooding in the region, a tourist hotspot during summer months, saw rural villages submerged in water and rendered main highways unusable on Tuesday night and into Wednesday. A courthouse...
Satellite images show the devastation from Spain's deadly floods …
Oct 31, 2024 · Climate scientists and meteorologists say the immediate cause of the flooding in Spain is a DANA, a cut-off lower pressure storm system that migrated from an unusually wavy and stalled jet stream. People shovel up mud after floods in Catarroja on the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
Before-and-after images of Spain flooding show parts country
Oct 31, 2024 · A year’s worth of rain fell in just hours in east-central Spain Tuesday, creating a surge of floodwater that broke the banks of rivers, turned streets into raging rapids and washed away cars and...
Spain flood death toll expected to rise as dozens missing - BBC
Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades with at least 95 people dead and dozens more missing after huge rains swept the eastern province of Valenica and beyond. Torrential rain on ...
Flash Floods in Spain Kill at Least 205: What to Know - The New …
Oct 30, 2024 · Jose Jordan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Flash floods have killed at least 205 people across eastern Spain, according to the Spanish authorities, after a deluge of rain — in some ...
Spain floods: Nation mourns as death toll soars past 150 - BBC
Oct 31, 2024 · The death toll is the worst from floods in Spain since 1973, when at least 150 people were estimated to have died in the southeastern provinces of Granada, Murcia and Almeria. At least 158 people ...
Spain's worst floods in a century hit Valencia region, killing at …
Oct 31, 2024 · Roads transformed into raging rivers with little warning as flash floods tore through the eastern region of Valencia, with muddy rapids flinging parked cars around like tin cans in the worst...
The weather conditions that caused flash flooding in Spain
01:38. 30 October 2024. BBC Weather's Matt Taylor looks at how more than a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours in parts of Spain. Much of the country has been badly hit by heavy rain and ...
The weather conditions that caused flash flooding in Spain - BBC
Oct 30, 2024 · Much of the country has been badly hit by heavy rain and hailstorms, triggering rapid flooding across multiple areas. At least 62 people are known to have died and more than 1,000 troops are...
Spain's catastrophic floods: At least 219 dead and billions in …
1 day ago · The historic floods caused 219 deaths, 211 of them in the Valencia region alone. Another seven people died in neighboring Castilla La Mancha and one more in southern Andalusia. Ninety-three people ...