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Spain’s meteorological agency, said Valencia had seen ‘the most adverse cold drop of the century’ prior to the floods
Valencia flood: Valencia, Spain: 1957 81 Holmfirth floods—Bilberry Reservoir dam failure United Kingdom: 1852 81 2021 Turkey floods: Turkey: 2021 80–100 [18] 1852 Gundagai flood Australia: 1852 80+ 2014 Southeast Europe floods: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia: 2014 80 [19] 1988 Sudan floods: Sudan: 1988 80
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.
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 ...
The Sedaví area of Valencia is almost unrecognizable in these images from before and after the flash floods. The floodwaters flipped cars on their sides, inundated highways , cut off main roads ...
The floods caused extensive damage across the Valencia region [Getty Images] ... The Valencia region is part of an agricultural heartland in south-eastern Spain, which exports large quantities of ...
Mid-October 1983 – The remnants of Hurricane Tico from the Eastern Pacific cause rainfall over much of Texas, most of which is in northern Texas, where rainfall peaks at 9.59 in (0.244 m) in Quanah. [19] [25] Numerous road closures take place due to the floods caused by the remnants of Tico. [26]
Here’s all we know about the devastating floods, the causes, and the scale of the impact. ... Thursday that at least 62 people had perished in the community of 25,000 next to Valencia city ...