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A British man living in Valencia as it was devastated by torrential floods killing more than 200 people has told of hearing his neighbours’ final screams before they died in an ‘urban river’. The floods, which started last Monday, have swept through the city and upended nearly everything in sight, leaving homes and businesses destroyed […]
Full-scale war in the Middle East involving Israel and Iran is now likely, most western Europeans responding in a poll believe, with many criticising Israel’s conduct thus far and saying that if such a war did occur, the US and Europe should not provide it with military aid. A YouGov Eurotrack survey in France, Germany, […]
Barcelona was on high alert on Monday as downpours lashed the Spanish city just days after flash floods killed at least 217 people in the coastal region of Valencia. Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente said he was suspending all commuter trains in northeast Catalonia, home to some 8 million inhabitants. Puente added that a landslide had […]
EPA Floodwater is being pumped out of the underground car park in Aldaia The Spanish city of Barcelona has been hit by flooding on Monday, as search and rescue efforts continue following devastating flooding around Valencia last week. Spain’s state meteorological agency has placed parts of Catalonia on red alert for torrential rain, with local […]
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The reservoirs of Malaga have been greatly benefitted by a week of intense rains, significantly alleviating the lack of reserves that had been threatening the Malaga province since the summer. However, there have not been uniform gains – La Viñuela, the largest reservoir in the Malaga province, has barely gained 2.5 hectometres. While at the […]
Cleanup efforts across flood-stricken Valencia have entered their fifth day with tens of thousands of volunteers handing over to professionals to do the “heavy-lifting with heavy machinery”, FRANCE 24’s Antonia Kerrigan said, reporting from the Spanish region. Meanwhile the national meteorological agency on Sunday issued a fresh warning for heavy downpours in the region. Source […]
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Alfafar, Spain, November 2, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera By Susana Vera and Guillermo Martinez VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) -The deadliest flash floods in Spain’s modern history have killed at least 214 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. In […]
“They’ve abandoned us,” said Charo de la Rosa as she joined dozens of people queueing outside the only surviving pharmacy in Alfafar, a devastated suburb of Spain’s third city Valencia. “I know of dead and missing people… they are neighbours, people you love, you grew up with them… and their cruel death could have been […]