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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.
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 ...
At least 158 people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in decades as rescuers race to find victims. ... But in some of the towns worst- hit in Tuesday night's floods, people were left to ...
In the night between 19 and 20 October, a severe flood hit the city of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna region. In only six hours, more than 150 mm of rain fell, the same amount of rain which usually falls in two months, [ 80 ] causing the overflow of several streams and rivers.
The flooding seemed not to strongly hit Valencia, the regional hub and Spain's third-largest city. At Pastisseria Soler, a bakery shop located south of Valencia, the owner described the flood ...
11 June – 2024 Spain floods. [22] 20 June – A cruise ship rescues 68 migrants and recovers five bodies in a wooden dinghy drifting off the Canary Islands. [23] June 22 – A group of nuns from the Monastery of Santa Clara are excommunicated by the Catholic Church. [24] [25]
Year Details Countries Fatalities Causes 120 BCE: Cymbrian flood: Denmark, Norway: probably many thousands: Storm tide 589: Breach at Cucca: Italy: 1170: All Saints' Flood (1170)
Severe weather alerts have been issued and thousands were evacuated as a powerful storm brought a month’s worth of rain to parts of Spain just weeks after deadly flash floods hit the country ...