Deadly flash floods kill at least 13 in Spain

Massive flooding in south-east and south Spain has claimed the lives of several people and swept away crops, roads and cars and disrupted rail and air travel.

Footage of the damage in Almeria and Valencia showed astonishing scenes of swollen rivers of flood water overwhelming streets and sweeping away vehicles.

In Valencia the storm has been particularly severe in the regions of Ribera Alta and Utiel-Requena. The greatest damage has been caused by the overflowing of the Magro river and the Poyo ravine. The torrential rain dumped more than 400 litres per square metre in some places in a few hours, according to data from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).

[ciararespect]

Amo te espana love you Spain from Ireland /England

[Jesus-htk]

500 liters per square meter in 8 hours. It's impossible to stop this flood

[tooniemama]

Praying for the people of Espana. Be safe--protect yourself and your loved ones. Love from USA. 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 ❤

[explorandoloinvisible-nc]

The strong storms are reaching Barcelona, some areas of southern Catalonia and the entire community of Valencia and Western Andalusia are completely flooded and houses, cars and people are missing.

[olgaarvidsson]

Бідні люди! Хай Вас Бог хранить, таке лихо прийшло! Іспанії любов

[quemades]

Actually, that’s 53 dead, hundreds missing including my daughter’s friend whose house went under. Had hurricane winds and twisters

[TheMutley]

It's the return of La Ruta del Bakalao - La ruta Destroy

[Goozo]

Lmmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😹😹😂😂 but I thought humans were the masters of the universe 😂😹😹🤣🤣🤣🤣

[namename]

If they are below 0 ground level .... has river there

[VillageGirl-]

You can see the flooding from satellite (ESA). More flooding, more droughts, more wildfires, more storms will come even if everything right is done now. But the measure of how bad it will come can be regulated. Exceeding the tipping point of the AMOC, which may already have happened, means, among other things, a cold blob in northern Europe and the UK. Colliding temperature extremes are a cradle of storms.
Massive energy savings and reduction of dependency for our families can be achieved with extremely good insulation, a radical application of well known techniques including the solar chimney (e.g. as Trombe-Wall) in architecture. Cities and building planners must implement protection against floods, storms and heat waves promptly and efficiently.

FYI:
wikipedia Trombe_wall
wikipedia Solar_chimney
wikipedia Windcatcher

It has never been more important for politics to deliver more than empty promises. Instead, the priorities for the allocation of funds and legislation must take account of the foreseeable emergency, which, even if we were to do everything right now, will occur with one hundred percent certainty.

[martinheath]

Just imagine a world that has abandoned fossil fuels for a "clean energy" utopia where all rescue vehicles run on batteries. Now imagine a power cut where not only charging points but your digital money transactions don't work. This is the world the ones doing the cloud seeding have in store for you, your children and your grand children.

[JaysanBirch]

Oh look over here a flood. Classic media 😂

[TheWebstaff]

It's to hot, it's a drought, it's to wet, it's flooding.
It's on fire, it's to cold, to windy.
People are just never happy.
And we keep calling it man made climate change.
You think we'd be trying to stop it then as it keeps upsetting everyone.