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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.
Aemet, Spain’s national weather agency, issued a heavy rain weather alert for the Spanish peninsula and the Balearic Islands yesterday that forecast “intense storms” and “persistent ...
Greenhouses and farms across southern Spain were also ruined by heavy rains and flooding. The storms spawned a freak tornado in Valencia and a hail storm that punched holes in cars in Andalusia.
Spain is reeling from its worst flooding in decades, after a year’s worth of rain fell in just hours this week in the country’s southern and eastern regions.. The storm began on Tuesday and ...
From 11 to 13 June, heavy flooding caused by torrential rain severely affected the regions of Costa Blanca, Murcia and Mallorca in Spain. Heavy flooding in Murcia prompted 113 emergency calls, requiring the local Emergency Coordination Centre to respond to 324 issues.
According to Spain's meteorological agency, the area saw about 40 to 50 gallons of rain per square yard, and forecasters said the storm was moving to the north and northwest of Spain. The rain is ...
Footage showed firefighters rescuing trapped drivers amid heavy rain in the Valencian town of Alzira and flooded streets with stuck cars. Scientists say extreme weather events are becoming more ...
Heavy rain 1928: 1928 Thames flood: England: 14: meltwater + heavy rain + storm surge 1934: 1934 flood in Poland: Poland: 55: heavy rain 1944: Holmfirth Floods#1944: England: 3: Heavy rain 1947: 1947 Thames flood: England, Spain, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia [2] meltwater + heavy rain 1952: Lynmouth Flood: United Kingdom: 34: heavy rain 1953 ...