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Malaga flooding latest: Severe rain alert for parts of southern Spain as some homes flooded. ... The update adds that 1,891 firefighters and 8,561 army personnel are still deployed on the ground.
This week, around 3,000 people living along the Guadalhorce River, and reportedly a further 1,100 near the Vélez River in the Malaga province have been evacuated due to the risk of flooding.
Homes were left without water as far southwest as Malaga in Andalusia, where a high-speed train derailed. Greenhouses and farms across southern Spain were also ruined by heavy rains and flooding.
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.
Around 1,200 people are thought to still be trapped in different parts of a highway in Valencia, and 5,000 vehicles are blocked as a result of the surging flood waters, EFE reported, citing Spain ...
Flooding also occurred throughout the Balearic Islands (Palma de Mallorca and Andratx). Between 600 and 1,000 fatalities. October 20, 1982 [6] La Ribera: As a result of heavy rainfall, the Tous Reservoir collapsed and the Júcar River flooded the entire La Ribera region, causing great damage and entire towns were flooded up to the first floor.
New Riaño, the new village built after the flooding of Riaño, in the province of León, Spain. The old village is located under the bridge. The mountain on the left is Peak Gilbo. Villages and municipalities under the waters of a reservoir. Sometimes, a new village or municipality is created with the same name in another location:
Spain's Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones warning of an "extreme risk of rainfall".