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ALFAFAR, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish rescuers opened a temporary morgue in a convention centre and battled to reach areas still cut off on Friday as the death toll from catastrophic floods rose to ...
The water was already knee-high on the ground floor of the hotel where Aitana Puchal had taken refuge when she received a text alert from the regional government of Valencia at 8 pm on Oct. 29 ...
As Spain grapples with its deadliest flood disaster in decades, tensions are escalating in the devastated Valencian suburb of Paiporta where vigilante groups have begun patrolling the streets to ...
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.
Valencia flood may refer to two severe floods in Valencia, Spain: 1957 Valencia flood; 2024 Spain floods This page was last edited on 6 ...
Women working at the Albufera (c. 1915) Bombing of the city by the Italian Aviazione Legionaria (1937) during the Spanish Civil War In the early 20th century, Valencia was an industrialised city. The silk industry had disappeared, but there was a large production of hides and skins, wood, metals, and foodstuffs, the latter with substantial ...
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 ...
Tous (Valencian pronunciation:) is a municipality in the Valencian Community, in the province of Valencia.The town is notable for the dam failure which occurred on 20 October 1982, when an unusually severe rainfall swelled the river Jucar, breaking the Tous Dam. [3]