(31 Oct 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Catarroja, Valencia, Spain – 31 October 2024
1. Damaged and marooned vehicles piled up on highway
2. Cars pushed over concrete barrier
3. Highway blocked by vehicles
4. Pan from jackknifed truck blocking road to cars pushed over highway barrier
5. Highway with marooned cars on one side, moving traffic on the other
STORYLINE:
Monstrous flash floods that claimed at least 95 lives in Spain left scenes of devastation in Valencia on Thursday, with wrecked cars and trucks piled up along the highways of the Mediterranean city.
The death toll could rise as search efforts continue with an unknown number of people still missing.
Walls of rushing water turned narrow streets into death traps and spawned rivers that ripped into the ground floors of homes and swept away cars, people and anything else in its path.
Thousands of people were left without water and electricity and hundreds were stranded after their cars were wrecked or roads were blocked.
The region remained partly isolated with several roads cut off and train lines interrupted, including the high-speed service to Madrid, which officials say won’t be repaired for several days.
While Valencia took the brunt of the storm, another two casualties were reported in the neighboring Castilla La Mancha region.
Southern Andalusia reported one death.
Valencia’s regional government is being criticized for not sending out flood warnings to people’s mobile phones until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, when the flooding had already started in some parts.
Spain’s Mediterranean coast is used to autumn storms that can cause flooding.
But this was the most powerful flash flood event in recent memory.
Scientists link it to climate change, which is also behind increasingly high temperatures and droughts in Spain and the heating up of the Mediterranean Sea.
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