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Jesús Lucero Ezquerro lives in Valencia and describes deep mud and cars piled up in the Spanish city where a storm has killed over 100 people. I live in Valencia, Spain, where flooding has taken ...
Around 1,200 people are thought to still be trapped in different parts of a highway in Valencia, and 5,000 vehicles are blocked as a result of the surging flood waters, EFE reported, citing Spain ...
The flooding seemed not to strongly hit Valencia, the regional hub and Spain's third-largest city. At Pastisseria Soler, a bakery shop located south of Valencia, the owner described the flood ...
Watch: Spain’s king dodges mud from angry crowd in flood-hit Valencia Tuesday 5 November 2024 03:10 , Barney Davis Video: Passengers walk through water as airport flooded
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
This rerouted the Turia to the south of Valencia, three kilometres from its original course. [4] The new course is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long and 175 metres (574 ft) wide. [4] Despite objections from Quart de Poblet and Mislata, municipalities to the west of Valencia affected by the plan, [6] work began in 1964 and finished in 1973. [4]
A view of the flooded area after a deluge brought up to 200 liters of rain per square meter (50 gallons per square yard) in hours in La Torre neighborhood of Valencia, Spain on October 30, 2024
Valencia flood may refer to two severe floods in Valencia, Spain: 1957 Valencia flood; 2024 Spain floods This page was last edited on 6 ...