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Cars piled in the street with other debris after flash floods hit the Sedaví area of Valencia, Spain, on October 30, 2024. David Ramos/Getty Images Spain's eastern province of Valencia was hit by ...
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 ...
Some Valencia residents remembered past floods, including a major one in 1957. After that, the city of Valencia was protected by hydraulic works completed under dictator General Francisco Franco ...
In Valencia, the search continued for bodies inside houses and thousands of wrecked cars strewn in the streets, on highways, and in canals that channelled last week’s floods into populated areas.
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 authorities said more than 200 people were rescued from cars after they were caught in the floodwaters, according to ABC News. ... in mud following floods in Valencia's De La Torre ...
Emergency services are working around the clock to clear out a 1,800-space underground car park at a shopping centre in Valencia, where sudden, tsunami-like flooding caught staff and shoppers by ...
Valencia Severe flooding of the Rio Turia, hundreds of houses located in the old Turia canal were razed to the ground. High number of victims October 14, 1957 [3] Valencia 1957 Valencia flood: A severe cold snap caused the Turia to burst its banks. In less than 24 hours, the city was completely flooded and in the districts closest to the river ...