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Spain's Valencia was hit by historic flash floods that killed 155 and sowed chaos in a region key to the nation's economy. ... The flooding seemed not to strongly hit Valencia, the regional hub ...
Flooding that killed at least 217 people, mostly near Valencia, dumped rain on Barcelona on Monday. ... Flooding in Spain happened along a line stretching from the Bay of Cadiz to Valencia. But ...
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
In a country like Spain, with the means, agencies, and intelligence we have, it is horrible that this happened. At a certain point, authorities were saying 50 dead, then 60, then 70, then 90. To ...
The Natzaret district near Valencia port was cut off from the rest of the city. [3] The city as a whole was left without water, gas and electricity and around 75% of commercial and industrial activity was affected. [3] Around 5,800 homes were destroyed, leaving approximately 3,500 families homeless. [4] The final death toll was at least 81 ...
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.
A car drives past damaged items from a furniture factory hit by the flooding in La Alcudia, Valencia (Reuters) ... when 87 people died and 180 were injured in a flash flood near Biesca in the ...
The flood which occurred on 14 October 1957, known as the Great Flood of Valencia, flooded large parts of the city of Valencia, and caused a great deal of damage to both life and property. To prevent this from happening in the future, a diversion project was devised ( Pla Sud in Valencian; Plan Sur in Spanish), completed in 1969, and the river ...