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A flood on 14 October 1957 in Valencia, Spain, [2] resulted in significant damage to property and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. In response to the tragedy, the Spanish government devised and enacted the Plan Sur, which rerouted the city's main river, the Turia.
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's flood disaster was its worst in recent history. ... following heavy rains in mountainous areas west of the city of Valencia from the early morning. ... Some Valencia residents remembered ...
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 Spanish region was badly hit by flooding in October, and the clean up is far from over. ... Twenty-five miles (40km) south of Valencia city, José España visits his orange trees. Beneath them ...
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 ...
View history; General What links here; Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; ... Valencia flood may refer to two severe floods in Valencia, Spain:
It is already Spain's worst flood-related disaster in modern history and the deadliest to hit Europe since the 1970s. In Alfafar, a suburb outside the city of Valencia, Spain's third-largest ...