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Thursday 14 November 2024 22:32, Andy Gregory. A coastal city close to Spain’s border with Portugal activated its emergency plan on Thursday afternoon after orange weather alerts were issued in ...
Cities such as Valencia and Malaga were inundated last week after nearly a year’s worth of rain – close to half a metre – fell in just eight hours in some areas, leaving residents “trapped ...
On 30 October 2024, the 1973 New Turia Riverbed canal surged to capacity, sparing Valencia city proper. [33] The South Plan [es; ca] is a new riverbed for the Turia built after the catastrophic 1957 flood, but it only protected the city proper of Valencia from major damage. [7] [37] [33] In the ground zero town of Paiporta alone, 62 people died.
November 13, 2024 at 10:06 AM Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the Costa del Sol region of southern Spain as extreme rain and flooding drenches the area.
It was the third time in less than 17 months that the region was affected by a major flood. On 19 October 2024, heavy rains and floods in Catania. [83] On 20 October 2024, severe flooding in Licata due to the overflowing of the Salso river, people saved themselves by climbing onto the roofs. [84]
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In Malaga, flooding on Wednesday forced the main hospital to halt services as water swept through corridors. Major roads and the high-speed rail link with Madrid were also closed.
The 2024 Central European floods were a series of floods caused by a record heavy rainfall generated by Storm Boris, an extremely humid Genoa low. The flooding began in Austria and the Czech Republic, then spread to Poland, Romania and Slovakia, and then onwards to Germany and Hungary. As of 28 September 2024, 27 fatalities have been reported.