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The great Valencia flood on 14 October 1957 was the result of a three-day-long cold drop and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. The Vallès floods on 25 September 1962 in the province of Barcelona were caused by a cold drop (gota fría), [7] producing heavy rain, overflowing the Llobregat and Besòs rivers. The official death toll was 617.
Otherwise known as the DANA weather system, it has occurred for many years on Spain’s Mediterranean coast but scientists believe it is being made increasingly worse by climate change.
Flood stage is the water level, as read by a stream gauge or tide gauge, for a body of water at a particular location, measured from the level at which a body of water threatens lives, property, commerce, or travel. [1] The term "at flood stage" is commonly used to describe the point at which this occurs.
As climate change exacerbates weather patterns along Spain's Mediterranean coast, floods are becoming commonplace and some previous incidents have been deadly. ... of a storm known locally as DANA ...
After rapidly crossing the Atlantic, Gloria made landfall in northern Spain on 19 January with high winds and heavy rainfall, exacerbated by the system stalling off the east coast of Spain shortly after landfall. Heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding and mudslides which killed 14 people across the country and left three missing. [13]
The full horror of the flash flooding in Spain began to emerge on Friday, just as new rainfall lashed southern parts of the country. The storm has killed at least 205 people, with 202 of those in ...
From the ecological perspective, the most distinctive aspect of floodplains is the flood pulse associated with annual floods, and so the floodplain ecosystem is defined as the part of the river valley that is regularly flooded and dried. [19] Floods bring in detrital material rich in nutrients and release nutrients from dry soil as it is flooded.
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. Spain hit by deadliest floods in ...