VALENCIA, Spain — The floodwaters charged downhill on Oct. 29, roaring through ravines, churning with debris, and then deluging neighborhoods that had been given no warning. At 6 p.m., a family ...

Spain floods latest: Dogs being used in search for missing people as ‘stick-wielding’ vigilantes patrol streets - Flooding that killed at least 217 people, mostly near Valencia, dumped rain on ...

A powerful storm hit the area of Valencia, Spain, on October 29, 2024, where torrential rain fell on the hills to the west of the city, causing devastating flash floods. With a total of 228 deaths, it ...

Damage following flooding in a Valencia suburb on Wednesday. More rain is expected, with Spain’s meteorological agency raising an emergency alert for the region to the highest level.

A ‘silent killer’, the June to July heatwave is estimated to have claimed many more lives than the Valencia floods last year.

When a powerful storm hit Spain, hundreds died as it became Europe's deadliest single storm flood in decades. A BBC1 ...

Dr Neumann said it is difficult to give early warning in flash floods driven by rainfall, because they can ‘happen in a matter of minutes’, and even when forecasters can tell that a thunderstorm will ...