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Cars piled in the street with other debris after flash floods hit the Sedaví area of Valencia, Spain, on October 30, 2024. David Ramos/Getty Images Spain's eastern province of Valencia was hit by ...
In Valencia, the search continued for bodies inside houses and thousands of wrecked cars strewn in the streets, on highways, and in canals that channelled last week’s floods into populated areas.
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 ...
Some Valencia residents remembered past floods, including a major one in 1957. After that, the city of Valencia was protected by hydraulic works completed under dictator General Francisco Franco ...
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.
A man observes the high level of the Turia river following floods in Valencia, eastern Spain, on October 30, 2024. Floods triggered by torrential rains in Spain's eastern Valencia region has left ...
Valencia authorities said more than 200 people were rescued from cars after they were caught in the floodwaters, according to ABC News. ... in mud following floods in Valencia's De La Torre ...
AEMET expected Valencia to take the brunt of the storm, with forecasts of more than 90 mm (3.5 inches) of rain in less than one hour, or 180 mm in under 12 hours.