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Two Britons who were killed in a taxi are among the nine people who have died during flash floods in Majorca. The two British citizens, believed to be a couple, were travelling in a taxi when a ...
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.
At least 95 people have been killed by severe flash floods in Spain, according to authorities on Wednesday, as emergency responders scramble to find dozens of missing people.
Floods left cars piled up like toys in streets, swallowed homes, and covered entire neighbourhoods in sludge as authorities report 217 fatalities How Spain’s ‘catastrophic’ floods led to ...
Sandbags and a flood wall holding flood waters in Otrokovice, Czech Republic The 2024 floods in the Czech Republic caused insured property damage equal to around 8.4 billion Czech crowns (€331.1 million), but insurance company estimates [ 20 ] place the damage as high as 19.3 billion Czech crowns (€761.5 million).
The floods started in the Italian region of Calabria. Then, on 9 October, the island of Mallorca, Spain was struck by floods and in the next days some cities in Southwest France, the region of Sardinia, Italy and some parts of Portugal and the United Kingdom were also struck by flash floods. At the end of the month, Italy was struck again by ...
The floods have also caused the death of another person from the UK. The unnamed 71-year-old man died hours after being rescued from his home on the outskirts of Malaga after heavy rain and ...
Heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding and mudslides which killed 14 people across the country and left three missing. [13] Across the Balearic Islands, particularly on Mallorca, historic high winds caused widespread damage to houses, and many villages were evacuated. [1]