How slow warnings, poor defences left Spain exposed to deadly floods
Mixed messages and confusion cost lives, dozens of local residents and experts say. More than 220 people died and nearly 80 ...
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As floods kill hundreds in Spain, why locals believe the appalling devastation around Valencia was the result of the EU's eco-zealotry, which ripped out the historic dams that ...
The flood water was seeping at her toes. A torrent had blasted through the front door and swept through her house, so she hurried to the shed and, using a stepladder, scrambled on to the shelf ...
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This video shows flooding in Poland, not in Spain
One of the last clips is also not from Spain. A TikTok account shared it Sept. 15, two months before the Spanish flooding. Google Translate identified the text in the video as Polish. One of the ...
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Spain's flood disaster was its worst in recent history. Here's what went wrong
Others were not so fortunate. Carlos Martinez, another Paiporta resident, told local television the flood alert came when he was stranded in a tree "seeing bodies floating past." Dozens of ...
The Independent6d
Spain hit by fresh flash flooding after deadly storms
Fresh flash flooding has hit Spain’s northeast, washing away dozens of vehicles, after more than 200 people were killed last week in one of the worst floods in Europe this century. Catalonia’s ...
U.S. News & World Report6d
Spain Records Rainiest October Ever, Culminating in Deadly Floods
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has registered the rainiest October on record, culminating in the most deadly floods in decades in the country, the national weather agency AEMET said on Friday.
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Typhoon floods villages, rips off roofs and damages 2 domestic airports in northern Philippines
Typhoon floods villages, rips off roofs and damages 2 domestic airports in northern Philippines Typhoon Yinxing battered the northern Philippines with floods and landslides before blowing away ...
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Typhoon floods villages, rips off roofs and damages 2 domestic airports in northern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Yinxing battered the northern Philippines with floods and landslides before blowing away from the country on Friday, leaving two airports damaged and ...
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Tens of thousands march in Spain over handling of deadly floods
Tens of thousands of people marched on Saturday, November 9, in Valencia and other Spanish cities to voice their anger at the authorities' handling of deadly floods. In Valencia, some protesters ...
U.S. News & World Report5d
Spain's Flood Disaster Was Its Worst in Recent History. Here's What Went Wrong
Spain's Flood Disaster Was Its Worst in Recent History. Here's What Went Wrong (This story has been refiled to fix a typo in paragraph 1) PAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) - The water was already knee ...
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Cadaques flood: Cars swept away in Catalan holiday hotspot as Spain hit by more flash flooding
A flash flood has swept away cars in Spanish artist Salvador Dali’s former home area in a repeat of the agonising scenes witnessed 10 days ago in Valencia. A raging torrent of water carried off ...