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Spain declares three days of mourning after flash floods kill at least 95 people

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The flash flooding in south-eastern Spain on Tuesday, October 29, resulted in a significant loss of life and property damage. At least 95 people died, with emergency services confirming a death toll of 92 in the eastern region of Valencia. The floods also caused significant disruption to transportation and damaged homes. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared three days of national mourning in response to the disaster. The death toll is expected to rise as some people remain missing. The floods were caused by torrential rains that fell in less than 24 hours, equivalent to more than a month's worth of rainfall in some areas. The affected regions include Valencia, Castilla-La Mancha, and Málaga, with estimates suggesting that at least 150 people may have died in the nation's worst-ever floods.

  1. ES
    Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
    1. Be very careful! The danger is extreme! Do not travel unless absolutely necessary.
  2. ES
    Ricardo Gabaldon
    1. We were trapped like rats. Cars and trash containers were flowing down the streets. The water was rising to 3 metres (9.8 feet).
  3. ES
    Pedro Sánchez
    1. For those who are looking for their loved ones, all of Spain feels your pain.
    2. As you know, yesterday our country was hit by the worst [flooding] so far this century. Dozens of municipalities have been flooded, roads and highways have been cut off, bridges have been destroyed by the violence of the waters.
    3. The whole of Spain weeps with you… we won't abandon you.
    4. The main thing is to express my condolences and share my grief with so many human lives that have been lost.
  4. ES
    José Antonio Zarzalejos
    1. So much tragedy cannot be understood without so much incompetence, without the systemic failure of the labyrinthine mechanisms of a pretentious civil protection policy that has not served to alleviate the tragic proportions of the tragedy.
  5. GB
    Friederike Otto
    Imperial College London
    1. With every fraction of a degree of fossil fuel warming, the atmosphere can hold more moisture, leading to heavier bursts of rainfall.
    2. No doubt about it, these explosive downpours were intensified by climate change.
  6. GB
    Hannah Cloke
    University of Reading
    1. This suggests the system for alerting people to the dangers of floods in Valencia has failed, with fatal consequences. It is clear that people just don't know what to do when faced with a flood, or when they hear warnings.
    2. It is appalling to see so many people dying in floods in Europe, when yet again weather forecasters had predicted extreme rainfall and issued warnings. The tragedy of people dying in cars and being swept away in streets is entirely avoidable if people can be kept away from rising flood water.
  7. ES
    Guillermo Serrano Pérez
    1. When the water started to rise, it came as a wave.
  8. ES
    Javier Berenguer
    1. I had to get out of a window as best I could because the water was already coming up to my shoulders. I took refuge on the first floor with the neighbors and I stayed there all night.

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sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.The New York Times
  4. 4.Al Jazeera
  5. 5.ABC News (Australia)
  6. 6.Le Monde
  7. 7.France 24
  8. 8.DW News
  9. 9.The Times
  10. 10.The Guardian
  11. 11.Daily Sabah
  12. 12.CNN

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Climate Change
  3. 3.Missing person
  4. 4.Floodings
  5. 5.Spain under Pedro Sanchez
  6. 6.Spanish politics
  7. 7.Spanish Monarchy

countries

  1. 1.BelgiumBE
  2. 2.GermanyDE
  3. 3.SpainES
  4. 4.United KingdomGB

organizations

  1. 1.Agencia Estatal de MeteorologíaES
  2. 2.European Union
  3. 3.Romanian Emergency Services
  4. 4.University of Reading
  5. 5.Valencian Community
  6. 6.Adif
  7. 7.European Severe Weather Database
  8. 8.European Space Agency
  9. 9.IberdrolaES
  10. 10.Imperial College London
  11. 11.Military Emergency Unit
  12. 12.Open University

persons

  1. 1.Pedro SánchezES
  2. 2.Carlos MazónES
  3. 3.Margarita RoblesES
  4. 4.Tomas Navratil
  5. 5.Angel Victor TorresES
  6. 6.Emma Bubola
  7. 7.Guillermo Serrano PérezES
  8. 8.Ángel Martínez
  9. 9.Christian VienaES
  10. 10.Felipe VIES
  11. 11.Gregorio Marrero
  12. 12.Hannah ClokeGB

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