On 29 October 2024, a Isolated High Level Depression system, known as a DANA, hit the Levante peninsular with devastating force. In just a few hours, torrents of water and mud flooded entire neighbourhoods in the provinces of Valencia, Castellón, Alicante, Murcia and part of eastern Andalusia.
229 people lost their lives, according to official figures consolidated months later, making the episode the deadliest weather-related catastrophe in Spain in more than half a century.
