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Deadly Flash Floods Devastate Southern Spain

Tragic flash floods in Valencia, Spain claim over 150 lives, prompting scrutiny of disaster preparedness measures.

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Summit To Save Nature Enters Final Day With Disagreement On Funding

The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to "halt and reverse" species loss.

International Business Times

Summit to save nature enters final day with disagreement on funding

The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to "halt and reverse" species loss.

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Irish premier offers Ireland’s help to Spain in wake of fatal flooding

Pedro Sanchez thanked the people of Ireland for their solidarity and kindness.

Evening Standard

Expat teacher in Spain still trapped after flood waters surround town and food runs out

John Fahy described driving home during the worst of the storm, which hit southern Spain on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

‘We’re surrounded by water’: Expat teacher outside Valencia unable to leave town

John Fahy described driving home during the worst of the storm, which hit southern Spain on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

‘It was a trap’: flood alert came too late for residents of Paiporta, Spain

In the town where at least 62 have died, survivors are left with their grief and anger at the lack of official warning of the devastation on its way

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Morning Mail: Harris condemns Trump vow to ‘protect’ women, Canberra bullying complaint ‘stonewalled’, Spain flood death toll rises

Donald Trump vows to ‘protect’ the women of America ‘whether they like it or not’

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Rescuers Race To Find Those Washed Away By Spain's Floods

Divers plunged into the river while high-mountain police hot-footed through the rubble in a rush to find five residents of the hamlet of Letur missing after Spain's apocalyptic floods.

International Business Times

What is DANA, the strange weather phenomenon that has caused deadly flooding in Spain?

With record-high Mediterranean temperatures and a year's worth of rain falling in mere hours, Spain has been devastated by the weather phenomenon known as DANA.

LiveScience

Spain Flooding 'Catastrophe' Should Serve As A Warning, EU Says At Nature Summit

European officials pointed Thursday to devastating flooding in Spain as a reminder of the self-harming effects of humans' destruction of nature, urging delegates at a deadlocked UN biodiversity conference in Colombia to "act."

International Business Times

Climate change is making extreme downpours in Spain heavier and more likely, scientists say

Human-caused climate change made Spain’s rainfall about 12% heavier and doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week’s deluge of Valencia, according to a rapid but partial analysis Thursday by World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming’s role in extreme weather

The Independent UK

Deadly Flash Floods Strike Eastern Spain

Tragic flash floods in eastern Spain claim 158 lives, with ongoing search efforts and potential climate change links.

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Flood survivors say regional Spanish officials waited too long to warn them of the danger

Moments after rushing waters burst through the door to her home, Mari Carmen Pérez received a text message alert from regional Spanish authorities warning her of the possibility of flash floods

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What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed at least 158 in Spain

In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path

International Business Times

Mud And Misery Grip Epicentre Of Spain Floods

A quiet town in one of Spain's wealthiest regions was a mud-covered hellscape of destroyed buildings, upturned vehicles and bewildered citizens trying to piece back together their lives on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Watch: Woman and baby airlifted to safety from Spain’s flash floods by metal cage attached to helicopter

Watch the moment an elderly woman and baby are airlifted to safety from catastrophic flash floods in Valencia, Spain.

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Spain floods death toll rises to 158 as rescuers search for survivors

At least 155 deaths recorded in the eastern region of Valencia, two in Castilla-La Mancha and one in Andalusia.

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The Independent UK

‘Everything looks apocalyptic’: Spain flood victim says her entire home was engulfed in less than 10 minutes

‘By the time they warned homes were flooding, mine was already underwater’

The Independent UK

Spain floods mapped: Where are weather alerts in force as death toll hits 217?

New weather warnings issued in areas in Spain as prime minister warns devastation from flooding is ‘not finished’

The Guardian - UK

Spain floods death toll passes 150 as country begins three days of mourning

People urged to stay at home as more bad weather forecast, with number of dead expected to rise further

The Independent UK

Real Madrid’s trip to Valencia postponed amid deadly flooding in Spain

Real Madrid were set to travel to the Mestalla on Saturday but all games in the Valencian region will be rescheduled, as per LaLiga’s request.

The Street

An airport was completely cut off from entry by extreme floods

A large part of the runway remains underwater.

The Independent UK

Real Madrid’s LaLiga match at Valencia among games postponed due to floods

Flash floods have claimed at least 95 lives in what has been the worst natural disaster to hit Spain this century.

International Business Times

Spain Urges Flood-stricken Residents To Stay Home During Rescue

Spanish authorities on Thursday told people in flood-stricken regions to stay at home as rescuers raced to find survivors in the rare disaster that has left at least 95 dead.

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