2024 6:45 p.m.Residents look at cars piled up after being swept away by floods in Valencia The Spanish government has declared three days of mourning after flash flooding in the eastern part of the country has left at least 70 people dead Officials say torrential rains that started Tuesday and continued overnight have submerged villages cut off roads and caused problems with the telecommunications There are reports of flooding in southern and eastern Spain People walk through flooded streets in Valencia A resident walks next to a car lifted up in a street covered in mud in a flooded area in Picanya A woman looks out from her balcony as vehicles are trapped in the street during flooding in Valencia A woman walks through flooded streets in Valencia Residents are pictured next to cars piled in a street covered in mud following floods in Picanya Residents walk among debris on a rail track following flood in Picanya Floods triggered by torrential rains in Spain's eastern Valencia region has left dozens dead Family members walk in a street covered in mud in a flooded area in Picanya Tags: World, News, Europe Stand with OPB and protect independent journalism for everyone. Listen to the OPB News live stream (opens new window)Streaming Now First published: November 1, 2024 11:56 AM Residents of Picanya are cleaning the muddy streets and the basements of houses damaged by the flooding from the overflowing of the Poio river, known popularly as Xàtiva. In this town in the Horta Sud area, where four of the five bridges have been completely destroyed, heavy machinery and tractors are hurrying to clear the areas most affected by the storm, to let emergency services be able to pass through. Neighbors are out doing their bit too with brooms and rakes, trying to recover vehicles and remove damaged furniture and appliances. "All of Picanya is destroyed, businesses, companies, families that have been left with nothing. It will be very difficult to return to normal," Pura Raga, local, expressed to the Catalan News Agency (ACN). The recovery works will take months, and some of the houses close to the river have been completely destroyed, showing clearly how far the water reached. Rafel Gómez is one of those affected by the flood. On Thursday morning, he was clearing out the few belongings he was able to save, as the water reached the first floor of his home. He and his family were evacuated from the back of the house and, for now, they will live at their parents' house. "The waves were two meters high, they were very strong. Luckily, my house was left standing," he said. Gómez does not want to put the emergency services or any other people at risk to start clearing his house. He assures that he will wait for a professional to confirm that there is no danger to live there, and then he will start the cleaning tasks. "Everyone needs help, I'm in no hurry, first they help those who need it most," he added. For Teresa Jericó, the water flooded her entire ground floor apartment. Without electricity, with the house full of mud and all furniture and appliances damaged, she feels totally "abandoned" by the authorities. "Everything is useless, we have been left with nothing, it's time to throw everything out on the street and to redo the whole house. It's uninhabitable, it's a total catastrophe," she told ACN. She will stay in her siser's house for some time, and fears it will take months to recover her life. The workers of a restaurant on Plaça de la Vila de Picanya, together with some locals, cleaned the establishment incessantly. "Inside the premises, everything has become unusable, everything is broken, full of mud, it's horrific," said Raga. She added that they had "never" experienced a flood of this magnitude. "It was unthinkable that this would happen, the flood of 1957 affected the entire area around the ravine, but this one has washed away everything, even the polygon and the highway," she lamented. "Not even a pandemic is like this." In the few commercial establishments open, queues of people gather to buy food. Some residents pointed out that they cannot leave the town to go buy food in other places. The person in charge of the Picanya city council's communication area, Robert Amoraga, explained that the council's priority is to guarantee the safety of residents and the elderly and attend to basic needs, such as supplying medicines and food. He also highlights the need to recover basic services: "We have recovered a supply of drinking water and electricity in most of the town, but there are still areas without." Amoraga was not optimistic about the time it will take to return to normal. "It will be a matter of years, there were five bridges and four have disappeared, bridges are not built in a day, the sewer system has also been damaged and we only have the top floor of the Town Hall, the rest of municipal buildings have disappeared," he concluded. Get the day's biggest stories right to your phone The Spanish government has declared three days of mourning after flash flooding in the eastern part of the country has left at least 158 people dead Officials say torrential rains that started Tuesday and continued into Wednesday submerged villages Wreckage from Spain’s worst natural disaster this century may have been cleared but life for many remains in disarray still thick with dust and carrying a residual note of mud and damp concrete begins to reek on the approach to the roadside dump where diggers toil gulls scavenge and the detritus of countless everyday lives rises in mounds Almost two months on, the legacy of the worst natural disaster to hit Spain this century is equally evident in the oranges rotting on the trees in the tens of thousands of cars stacked in makeshift graveyards and in the fatigue of all those who still queue daily for food On 29 October, the eastern Spanish region was pummelled by rains so heavy that a year’s worth of water fell in some areas over the space of just eight hours. The rains brought floods that swept through towns and villages garages and cars and carrying others off to more distant deaths Two hundred and twenty-three people were killed in Valencia seven in the neighbouring region of Castilla-La Mancha and one farther south in Andalucía After three days of national mourning had been declared and mention made of the need for unity, solidarity and rebuilding, the inevitable political blame game began and international interest started to wane amid the re-election of Donald Trump and the conflagrations in the Middle East But while the mud and cars and debris may have been cleared from the streets over the past few weeks – much of it by an army of volunteers from all over Spain – life for those in some of the hardest-hit areas remains in disarray With only two of the town’s 10 supermarkets open, Beatriz Mota, a 35-year-old physiotherapist, has come down to pick up a packet of toilet paper. She counts herself lucky to be able to do so. “There are a lot of old people here who can’t get out because the lifts in their block of flats aren’t working,” she says. Read moreOnly two of Paiporta’s six schools have reopened and many people are still unable to get into their garages because of the mud and water a clearance worker came across the body of a Moroccan man who had lived in a shack near the metro station and who had been missing since 29 October The discovery of his remains brought the death toll in the town to 46 “We feel a bit abandoned – not by our fellow citizens queueing for food and I don’t think that the psychological reality of all this has hit yet The politicians are still arguing about whose fault it was but we’re still here and we still need help.” Many people in Valencia and beyond cannot fathom why the regional government did not send an emergency alert to people’s mobiles until after 8pm on the day of the floods Nor do they understand how the regional president could find time for a three-hour lunch with a journalist that day when parts of his region were under 3 metres of waters and the unprecedented scale of the disaster was patently obvious “People are really angry because the financial help hasn’t arrived from the authorities,” says Mota shakes his head and repeats the slogan on lips and walls across the province “Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo,” he says: “Only the people save the people.” Nearby Picanya is also still scarred by the floods Four of the town’s five bridges were washed away and the streets crowded with army vehicles and rescue specialists from the military emergencies unit With the exception of the odd bar and cafe most of the town’s small businesses have not managed to pick up where they left off “Practically all the local businesses are waiting for their insurance money to come through,” says Toni Moreno as he prepares to reopen the ironmonger’s his family has run for two generations “The problem is that you need a basic amount of money to get your business up and running again and if you don’t have that money The money from the authorities is just trickling through in dribs and drabs.” Cars destroyed in the floods at a landfill in Paiporta. Photograph: José Miguel Fernandez de Velasco/The GuardianJesús González, a 48-year-old metro employee who has been working remotely since the floods, thinks the return to anything approaching normality will take years. Just look at the health centre, he says. “They’re fixing it up now but not all the staff are working because there aren’t enough workspaces for them,” he says. “If you need to see the doctor, you have to go to the health centre and wait and wait. There are normally two paediatricians and now there’s only one. I had to take my daughter in for an emergency yesterday and we had to wait two hours to be seen.” Free newsletterA digest of the morning's main headlines from the Europe edition emailed direct to you every week day Read moreThen there is the mobility problem With about 120,000 cars wrecked by the floods Paiporta metro station destroyed and local bus services under pressure many people are stuck or dependent on lifts or loans of cars from friends and relatives “If things were a bit lacking before th​is Although he lost thousands of euros’ worth of possessions to the mud and the waters others have been robbed of far more than that lost 95% of the items in his small warehouse: theatre scenery and dozens of notebooks filled with scripts I’ve lost 30 years of my professional life in theatre.” Xavi Castillo with some of his items recovered from the floods Photograph: José Miguel Fernandez de Velasco/The GuardianWhile Castillo can find a kind of absurd humour in all that has happened – he picks up a large prop sword and jokingly plots his vengeance – he is furious at the regional government’s response to the crisis “There was that long lunch and all the incompetence,” he says “And it’s not just about what happened on the day but about what followed The financial help isn’t getting through.” A few kilometres away in La Masía del Juez the visual artist Ricardo Cases is also scouring the wreckage of his creative life “The water rushed into my studio and swept everything away,” he says You can now take a tour of all the work I did over so many years all my books and mock-ups have been chewed up and scattered over a radius of about 500 metres I’ve been coming across things but none of them can be saved.” on all the treasured photographic books he has lost The project is going some way to distracting him from the present but when I think about it all in the middle of the night A sign in Paiporta. Photograph: José Miguel Fernandez de Velasco/The GuardianAs Christmas approaches, and the rubbish, cars and recriminations continue to pile up, the solidarity that initially greeted the crisis is dwindling. Particularly galling for Castillo and others is the perception that the emergency is somehow over. Read more“I was in Barcelona last week and people there have the sense that it’s all better now,” he says We’re not back to normal.’ That’s impossible.” A homemade banner hanging from one balcony But the people of Picanya and Paiporta aren’t holding their breath for action or apologies They know that months and years of squabbles excuses and deflections lie ahead and that solo el pueblo salva al pueblo (only the people save the people) “We parents have done more when it comes to cleaning the local school than the regional government has,” says one man “But this is the political level we’re at.” The flooding is some of the worst that Spain has seen in decades. Satellite images released by the European Space Agency capture the scale of the devastation Other images, which Business Insider geolocated and compared with images from Google Street View show how the rainfall badly affected certain places in and around Valencia This image from the US Landsat-8 satellite shows the landscape around Valencia on October 8 it's about 28 miles from the city of Alzira Before-and-after satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies show widespread destruction across the Valencia Province Depicted here is a highway that was damaged by floodwaters As of Thursday, about 300 people remained cut off from rescue due to damaged roads, EFE — Spain's state news agency — reported. The Sedaví area of Valencia is almost unrecognizable in these images from before and after the flash floods The floodwaters flipped cars on their sides, inundated highways Some were forced to flee to their rooftops to await rescue where at least 62 people were killed by the floods Sudden, catastrophic rain events are becoming more of a problem worldwide as global temperatures rise largely because warmer air holds more moisture The number of people unaccounted for remains unclear As the planet heats up for decades to come droughts and rain events will likely become more and more extreme That's one of many reasons scientists have been calling for companies and industries to drastically cut their carbon emissions research suggests there will be more floods like this in the future Of the five footbridges that were in Picanya so a temporary bridge has been installed to ensure mobility Before the DANA, Picanya was connected by five footbridges that crossed the Poyo ravine. However, after the heavy floods, only one was left standing. For the time being, it has not been possible to rebuild the other four footbridges that connected the two sides of the municipality, although a provisional “Mabey” style bridge, built by the Army together with the Military Emergency Unit, has been installed. View this post on Instagram This type of bridges are temporary footbridges that are usually installed both in war zones and in natural disasters They are used to temporarily replace civil bridges that to normality and allow the mobility of the neighbors of the area that until now could only cross by a bridge from one side to the other of the municipality The storm is “one of the three strongest in the last century in the region of Valencia,” the Spanish weather agency said Wednesday in a post on X. Emergency services worked all night to rescue people as flooding blocked traffic on highways and communications services collapsed. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez convened a government crisis committee on Wednesday. “We will help you with all the state’s resources,” he said in a speech. Lawmakers gathered in Parliament in Madrid suspended their session mid-morning to show support for the region. “This is an unprecedented situation, nobody has seen anything like this,” Valencia’s regional President Carlos Mazon said. On Wednesday morning, train services were stopped to and from Valencia, highways were blocked and rescue teams continued to help scores of people who were trapped in cars and on top of vehicles and buildings. While other parts of Spain were affected by the storm, the intensity of rainfall is expected to be lower. Valencia is the fourth largest of Spain’s 17 regions, with five million people. It’s a large producer of oranges and rice, and one of the country’s main tourist destinations during the summer season. 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First published: November 29, 2024 10:30 AM One month on from the devastating floods in Valencia which took the lives of over 200 people, business owners in the areas worst hit have expressed their anger and their desire to return to normality as soon as possible.  The Peamflo restaurant, located in the town square of Picanya, is full of customers after it reopened this week. The establishment was filled with mud and was completely damaged. Its owner, Florentino, has renovated all the furniture. Although they have applied for all the aid possible, they have not yet received any and have had to pay for the renovation out of their own pocket. The restaurant was filled with mud the day after the flood, with the kitchen and appliances completely damaged. Florentino says the coffee machine was the only appliance that could be saved, after a meter and a half of water entered the establishment. Now, a month later, the influx of customers is constant. “We opened this week, the response has been spectacular. We have a lot of work, Picanya is bad but not as bad as Paiporta,” Florentino says. “Everything is new, we have had to pay for everything ourselves because we have not received any help at the moment,” the restauranteur laments. He says that everyone wants to work and return to normal. “People really want to go out, to talk, I really wanted to put on clean pants and take off my boots, it has been a long time,” he adds. However, the anger persists. “People are very angry. You get angry with your children, your partner, it's going to take a long time to return to calm.” José Luís has also been able to open his hairdressers again and since last week he has not stopped washing and styling clients’ hair. “Everything is damaged, my house, car, business, motorbikes, everything,” he explains. However, thanks to the help of three brigades and volunteers, he has recovered his business premises. “I feel abandoned, I live in Paiporta and it’s like Gaza. It’s been a month and it’s practically the same,” he says. “I'm not outraged, but I am angry, I have to find the strength from somewhere. I can’t waste time being outraged,” the hairdresser says. José Luís adds that “Picanya is Beverly Hills” compared to the situation in Paiporta. Alejandro, the manager of an optician’s shop that opened 40 years ago, has not yet finished cleaning the premises. He hopes to reopen in a couple of weeks. “It will be difficult to return because we have lost everything, glasses, furniture, machinery, and it’s all made more difficult by not having aid on time,” he laments. He says he has asked for all possible aid, but so far, he has not received any. “It will cost us a lot of time and money, this machinery is not cheap,” he says. The situation of Nani, who had an exclusive clothing store in the center of the town practically next to the Poio ravine, is worse. The damage has affected her a lot, as she is from Paiporta and lost family members in the catastrophe. Her establishment is practically the same since the damage occurred, and is very angry because she feels “abandoned." She has not received any aid either and is waiting for the experts to come to assess the damage. v1.1.0. Copyright © 2025. Powered by EBANTIC. All rights reserved. First published: October 31, 2024 01:49 PM Valencia and southern Catalonia are on maximum alert again over the possibility of more flash flooding on Thursday.  Civil Protection has sent an emergency alert message to mobile phones in the counties of Baix Ebre, Montsià, and Terra Alta, all in southern Catalonia, with an order to restrict mobility for the next three hours. The Valencian government has sent a similar message to alert people in the province of Castelló, asking them not to leave their homes for the coming hours because of the ongoing extreme weather event. Across Valencia, Castile-La Manch, and Andalusia, there is a provisional death toll so far of 158. 155 of those are in Valencia. The message asks citizens not to leave their homes, to stay in elevated areas and, if they are outside, to take shelter in high places, and not to drive on roads. The situation is particularly worrying on the coast and in the northern interior, where, at mid-morning, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has increased the warning level from orange to red. Classes have been cancelled in the area and businesses have been encouraged to close and facilitate workers to go home.  The president of the Valencian region, Carlos Mazón, has announced an aid package of €250 million for those affected by the flooding. He said in a press conference that authorities will approve such a decree next Tuesday. He explained that this is an "initial and expandable" figure and that the aid will be "direct, express and without bureaucracy." The aid will be a minimum of €6,000 per person affected and fully compatible with those promoted by other administrations. Spain's Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, explained on Thursday morning that the Military Emergency Unit (UME) yesterday rescued more than 110 people and retrieved 24 lifeless bodies from the areas affected. She explained that the priority will continue to be the search for people missing in the floods, especially in towns such as Paiporta and Massanassa. Spain's Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, has made a first assessment of the effects of the storm on transport infrastructures in the affected areas on Thursday. Puente explained that three of the five Rodalies lines that reach Valencia "have disappeared," that there is "very serious" damage to the roads, and that the high-speed rail connecting Valencia and Madrid will take at least two to three weeks to get back to normality. Ports and airports are still in "perfect condition" but have many access complications. He also asked owners of vehicles that have been abandoned on roads not to go looking for them because the priority now is still to find missing people and it is necessary to limit mobility. According to him, there is still no calculation of the economic scope of these damages yet, but the ministry will activate the necessary resources and contracting mechanisms to restore normality "as soon as possible." The minister also warned that there is "very serious damage" to the roads, and that "it will take a lot of time, effort and money" to make the necessary repairs. In an interview with Telecinco, Margarita Robles, of the ruling Socialist Party in Spain, said that "at this moment there can be debate and political controversy," referring to the management of the flood by the Valencian regional government.  Months after taking office in 2023, the People's Party's Carlos Mazón, president of the Valencian region, abolished the Valencian Emergency Unit, a body designed to respond to natural disasters such as floods, as part of a "restructuring of the public business sector."  On Tuesday, Mazón rejected activating the maximum alert mechanisms after the AEMET announcement in the morning, and in the early afternoon, he announced that by 6 pm the storm would decrease in intensity across the whole Valencian region. "Everyone knows perfectly well what they have done well and what they have not done, and they must be self-critical," Robles added. Police arrested 39 people as part of a special crime prevention unit launched in the commercial areas most affected by the floods. Spain's National Police informed that many looted items have been confiscated, including items of jewelry.  Although the police do not give more details of the events, they would have occurred on Wednesday night in commercial areas affected by the storm. First published: November 3, 2024 01:23 PM The floods in Valencia have been responded to with a wave of solidarity in Catalonia. Many organizations have collected food, clothes, and money to send, while hundreds of people traveled this weekend to the disaster sites to help out with the cleaning and recovery efforts in person. In the towns of Sedaví, Picanya, or Paporta, many Catalans are on the streets removing mud and rubbish and distributing food. "Watching the news is heartbreaking. Coming is the least we can do," they tell the Catalan News Agency. Among those who have travelled are members of the Forest Defense Associations, the Catalan Fire Department, and an expedition of a hundred emergency responders from Barcelona. Although initially the Forest Defence Association members were suspicious of whether the aid would be accepted due to the reluctance of the Valencian government, they decided to make the journey anyway. The president of the Penedès-Garraf Federation, Francesc Martínez, explained to the Catalan News Agency that for the moment his work is focused on helping the residents of Picanya to remove water from underground car parks, put up fences in danger areas, "and help everyone who he asked for it." "It's something that comes from inside you," he asserts. Martínez says that in 2019 he volunteered in the recovery tasks following the flooding of the Espluga de Francolí which left him shocked, but the scenario in Valencia has "made them cry." "When you talk to the neighbors and see that there may be 2,000 people missing who will probably be fatalities, it's shocking." These volunteers are dedicated to the cause but also emphasize that the work is "very, very tiring," both physically and mentally. Walking for hours and hours in boots through a patch of mud, lifting water pumps and removing shovels of waste is leaving them "exhausted." Added to this is the emotional impact "when you know that in the parking lots there are cars with people trapped under the water." The people of Barcelona and Girona are going all out in helping to collect material and essential products to send south. The Castellers de Barcelona and the Ateneu del Raval are two of the collection points for donations, and organizers theresay the response has exceeded their expectations. "It is impossible to quantify what we have received so far," the president of Castellers de Barcelona, ​​Gregori Samper, tells the Catalan News Agency. They add that they have already sent two shipments to Valencia. "The idea is not to saturate roads, but to do everything with caution." In the Ateneu del Raval, the venue is smaller and they expect the first donation to be sent on Monday. In both cases, the arrival of people with donations has been constant throughout the day on Saturday. At the Castellers de Barcelona venue, located in El Clot, at some times during the afternoon there were even queues outside the street and as the donations arrived, the organizers took the opportunity to sort them. A citizens' initiative in Girona is also collecting huge amounts of relief to send to Valencia. On Saturday morning, a group of volunteers gathered in front of the Post Office in the north Catalan city to collect food and clothes to send to the areas most affected by the floods. Dozens of people approached with cars loaded with water, basic foods such as rice, and also blankets and warm clothes. "The situation is even more serious than what is happening to us: they have no water, no electricity and there is little response from the administration; that's why we've decided to mobilize," explained one of the promoters of this initiative, Mireia Van Leeuwen. Heavy rains that began on Monday caused floods that destroyed bridges and covered towns with mud, cutting off communities and leaving them without basic services More than 200 people are confirmed dead, with the toll expected to rise further as recovery efforts continue Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the country's biggest deployment of troops and emergency services in peacetime to support recovery efforts Weather warnings are in force in north-eastern and southern Spain with another issued in the Balearic Islands While the official three-day mourning period comes to an end today Spain is still coming to terms with the full impact of the flash flooding that killed at least 211 people this week Paiporta resident Amparo Esteve tells the BBC "no-one is helping us" as resident Alex Brown says "people feel abandoned" Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez described the flood as the "worst natural weather disaster" the country experienced this century before announcing that an extra 10,000 soldiers and policemen would be heading to Valencia Valencia-based journalist Paco Polit told the BBC the new troops will come with much-needed heavy machinery bulldozers and trucks to help speed up the rescue efforts We're now ending our coverage for today but you can read our in-depth summary for the latest updates Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing'Hundreds of Valencian people are coming to help us'published at 17:21 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202417:21 GMT 2 November 2024Iqra FarooqBBC World Service radio He feels disappointed in the response from the local authorities and explains that his uncle's house has been badly damaged Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing'People feel abandoned'published at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202417:03 GMT 2 November 2024Cachella SmithLive reporter A little more now from Valencia resident Alex Baker who says the clean-up operation has involved "citizens coming in with brooms on foot" She describes seeing "a couple of firefighters and local police" overseeing efforts yesterday She hasn't personally seen any military help but adds that some friends have seen Red Cross volunteers around Local citizens have set up an interactive map and website to help co-ordinate help - people are asking for medicines including antibiotics and insulin as well as other necessities like nappies and bread "People feel abandoned," she tells me "The general feeling is one of solidarity but also a bit of mistrust." People don't feel that the local government is "stepping up yet" She also believes the emergency message which came through around 20:00 local time on Tuesday was too late - adding that "towns in the region were already flooding" Spain's prime minister has ordered 5,000 more troops and 5,000 police officers and civil guards to the Valencia region in addition to the 1,700 already working on search and rescue operations there Pedro Sanchez has said he was aware "the response that is being given is not enough" and acknowledged "severe problems and shortages" Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingStreets full of cars and thick sticky mud the clean-up continues in Valenciapublished at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202416:45 GMT 2 November 2024Cachella SmithLive reporter meaning the clean-up can't fully get underway She describes “thick sticky mud” that was ankle-deep in parts as well as "a smashed up caravan in the doorway of a shop" and "piles of cars like a child’s toys.” “Where is all this stuff going to go?” she asks Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWoman rescued after three days trapped inside carpublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202416:27 GMT 2 November 2024A woman has been rescued from her car after flash floods trapped her inside the vehicle for three days the head of the Civil Protection in the Valencian Community says Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWhat you need to know - in less than 150 wordspublished at 16:12 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202416:12 GMT 2 November 2024Image source here is a brief reminder of what's been happening today: As the clean-up operation continues across parts of Spain residents affected by the flash floods have criticised authorities Valencia resident Amparo Esteve says 'no-one is helping' Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said this was the country's "worst natural weather disaster" of the past century adding that an extra 10,000 army and emergency personnel will be deployed to help with search and rescue operation The number of people who have died as a result of the flooding in Spain earlier this week has risen to 211 Weather warnings remain in place for some areas of north-eastern Spain Another warning was issued in the Balearic Islands for today Mountain rescue teams and K-9 units are being used to search flooded areas as underwater rescuers are wading through flooded buildings tasked with searching the interior of flooded buildings and garages The Spanish civil guard has released footage showing the teams working in the towns of Paiporta and Sueca which also captures the scale of the devastation cased by flooding Video shows search operation in devastated towns Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingPaid leave for people with missing or deceased familypublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202415:29 GMT 2 November 2024Spain's Ministry of Labour and Social Economy has issued guidance for all those who might need to work from home following the impact of the flooding It says that anyone who would have trouble going to work safely can work from home the Ministry also sets out situations where individuals are exempt from going to work - including where they need to help with searches for missing relatives or make arrangements following someone's death Other exemptions include for those who are unable to go to work due to the loss of their home or belongings In these situations "all workers" are able to take paid leave The Ministry of Labour will ensure that no worker suffers reprisals or is harmed." Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingSatellite imagery captures devastation after floodspublished at 15:14 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202415:14 GMT 2 November 2024By Bianca Britton Satellite images captured yesterday show the significant impact of the historic flooding in Valencia shows streets and fields in the town of Paiporta covered in brown mud and a bridge destroyed by the flooded river Other images show cars and other vehicles scattered across the flooded areas in Valencia province Many roads and highways also appear obstructed or impassable Satellite images show the extent of the flooding in Valencia Some locals were forced to abandon their vehicles as force flooding hit Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing'No-one is helping us'published at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202414:50 GMT 2 November 2024Bethany BellReporting from Valencia Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing'It will be a long time before this becomes a habitable area again'published at 14:21 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202414:21 GMT 2 November 2024Residents in Valencia say they feel abandoned and hopeless in the aftermath of deadly flash floods that have so far claimed more than 200 lives there are many people who need help," says Emilia "We can't even wash our clothes and we can't even have a shower," she tells Reuters news agency says locals feel "devastated because there is not much light to be seen here at the moment" "It will be a long time before this becomes a habitable area again," she says Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingMotoGP riders observe a minute's silence in Malaysiapublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202414:05 GMT 2 November 2024Image source Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesMotoGP riders have observed a minute's silence in memory of the Valencia flood victims before the start of the Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia in in Sepang It comes after the Valencia MotoGP was cancelled following the flash floods in Spain The season finale was scheduled to be held at Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit from 15 November Several events have been called off because of the floods including La Liga champions Real Madrid's visit to Valencia Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingSome 4,500 Valencian businesses damaged by floods - reportpublished at 13:51 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202413:51 GMT 2 November 2024Image source A boy stares at furnishings piled up on a street after flash floods in Manasa An estimated 4,500 businesses have been damaged in Valencia as a result of the heavy rains that brought catastrophic floods to Spain, the country's news agency Efe reports, external Efe says that around 1,800 of those businesses have sustained serious damage The report also lists some of municipalities that have been most affected economically These areas have seen "hundreds" of premises flooded facilities and vehicles as well as loss of stock Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingIn Valencia, the outpouring of solidarity grows by the daypublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202413:29 GMT 2 November 2024Mark LowenReporting from Valencia Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingVolunteers clear mud-covered streets in Alfafarpublished at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202413:17 GMT 2 November 2024Locals have banded together to help with clean up efforts in Alfafar with the latest images showing the streets there still caked with thick mud Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing'I've lost everything - but at least I'm alive'published at 12:54 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202412:54 GMT 2 November 2024As we've been reporting an extra 10,000 troops are being sent to flood-hit areas in Spain to boost search and rescue operations But for some local residents still reeling from the scale of the devastation one local business owner tells the BBC that the fast-rising floodwaters in her building reached her neck and she thought she was going to die who has owned her shop in Valencia for 40 years "And the government isn't doing anything Only the young people around are helping us." returned to his home after the floods and says: "All my life Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThe latest on search efforts as underwater teams join operationpublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202412:40 GMT 2 November 2024Image source Firefighters wade in water as they search for victims under a bridge in Alfafar The Spanish civil guard has been issuing updates on X detailing its latest deployments and action following devastating flash floods in Spain Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingHave you been affected by the flooding You can share your storypublished at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202412:22 GMT 2 November 2024Are you in Spain You can also get in touch in the following ways: Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk, external Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWatch: Moment first wave of flood water gushes through town in Valenciapublished at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202412:09 GMT 2 November 2024Footage has emerged showing the moment a first wave of flood water washed through the streets of Paiporta Cars were still driving along streets when the Valencian town was hit where the impact of the floods was particularly devastating due to a ravine running through its centre Watch: Flood water swamps roads in Paiporta Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWhat weather warnings remain in place?published at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 202412:00 GMT 2 November 2024Parts of Spain still have weather warnings in force The Spanish meteorological agency Aemet has issued alerts for some areas in north-eastern Spain Another warning has been issued in the Balearic Islands for Saturday The player from Picanya talks on VCF Media Radio about his experience after the flash floodings that devastated the southern region of Valencia This dramatic situation is also serving to bring out the best in people’ Valencia CF player Rubén Iranzo sums up his feelings almost a week after the flash floods that devastated the  southern part of  the Valencia region where the VCF Mestalla captain and his family are going through an unthinkable situation His own Valencia CF and VCF Mestalla teammates have been at his home helping him to clean up remove the mud and all the useless objects coming to terms with everything that has happened,’ Rubo told l'Informatiu de VCF Media ‘The first few hours and the first few days were very tough the helplessness being all day with no sleep we are seeing a glimpse of light little by little and that is what we are holding on to’ who recalls the beginning of the situation "It seemed like a normal day when it could be raining hard but normal and we were at home watching TV My brother called us to warn us that the ravine was about to overflow and we left them in an area where we thought they were going to be safe" we left them in an area where we thought nothing was going to happen to them we were walking and the water came.We were able to get into the house of some neighbours who took in about 20 people and we stayed there for about 6 hours until the water subsided and we were able to go to our house the water that had pooled in the house came out and the next day I walked with my father to Valencia to get some food and drink And it was surprising that you walked from Picanya to Valencia city and everything was normal there and when you returned to Picanya and saw everything as it was as if a tsunami or a bomb had come through" Almost a week later the situation is improving thanks to the aid they have been receiving ‘At home we have affected the ground floor but the living room and kitchen are now clean thanks to all the people who have come to help,’ including many of his Valencia CF and VCF Mestalla teammates It has brought out the best side of humanity with the thousands and thousands of volunteers who have come to the town it is to be thanked and we will be eternally grateful to the people of the town itself and the volunteers who have come from Valencia and other parts of Spain VCF Mestalla and first team players have come to the house to clean and remove mud and water and for us this is very important.We are very grateful,’ admits Iranzo has had to look for accommodation and is still waiting to be able to access and clean the communal garage "Thanks are also extended to all the people who have collaborated in the collection of foodstuffs and hygiene products that these days have filled Mestalla with tons of solidarity ‘The people who have contributed at Mestalla should know that we are very grateful because this aid is arriving and is being distributed to the people who need it It is a much more direct aid with the help of the EMS who have access to be able to reach the heart of the towns and aid from within" Little by little we are seeing a glimpse of light the staff have filled the car that Sergi Tenés has lent me several times Rubén Iranzo's gratitude is reflected in this interview with VCF Media and in a message he posted on social media this Sunday ‘I hadn't wanted to publish anything because I didn't feel up to it but yesterday's message gave me the strength to thank everyone for their support and to say that we could see some light and that things were moving forward" Related news Ver todas The pitch has been restored thanks to donations from LALIGA EA SPORTS and contributions to the ‘FILA CERO SOLIDARIA’ Latest news Ver todas The defender talks over the win in Gran Canaria The Valencia CF coach analyses the win over UD Las Palmas First published: November 6, 2024 04:00 PM The initiative 'Catalan DANA Volunteers' will send about 700 more volunteers in buses to Valencia on Friday to help in the flood affected areas.  More than 6,200 volunteers have registered to help and the organization has already collected around €80,000, said spokesperson Jordi Graupera.  After a first trip last weekend with more than a hundred volunteers to help in the flood-affected areas, 700 will join this weekend.  The volunteers will leave on Friday and return on Sunday, and are expected to work intensively during the three days in the most affected towns, such as Paiporta, Picassent, Sedaví or Alfafar. The cost of sending ten buses with 700 volunteers is estimated at €70,000. For this reason, the organization is calling for more economic donations to maintain the aid. "We need everyone's help," said Graupera.  Another spokesperson for the initiative, David Silvestre, insisted that "a lot" of food and basic necessities are being received and that the problem is not a lack of it. Instead, he called for economic aid.  The organization also urged volunteers not to travel alone, as a lack of coordination between authorities, organizations and volunteers could lead to a "collapse" of the situation.  "We do not send anyone who is not coordinated, who does not have an assigned task, without insurance or the material to make it safe and in hygienic conditions," Graupera said. Users of the Bizum payment service in Spain donated more than €19 million in a single week to those affected by the floods in Valencia. The banking platform has habilitated Bizum codes for NGOs so that its users can donate directly through Bizum. If you want to make a donation, go to the donations page on Bizum and then enter the code of the desired NGO. The Catalan NGO Open Arms has sent its ship to Valencia to help in the search for victims. The ship will leave Tarragona on Wednesday afternoon with a crew of between 15 and 20 people and will arrive in Valencia on Thursday or Friday.  The goal of the organization is to help in the search for people who could have been swept into the sea by the current.  Opinion: It is abundantly clear how human driven climate change has contributed to the deadly flooding we've seen of late in Spain and elsewhere The news and images emerging from the recent floods in Spain are both devastating and shocking Our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones The full extent of the impacts will not be known for some time and are certain to be long lasting We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences can Spanish floods be linked to climate change While weather extremes will happen, it now abundantly clear that climate change is increasing their ferocity Ongoing formal 'attribution' studies will no doubt quantify the increased risks of such extremes due to climate change but we don’t need such studies to see that the fingerprints of human driven climate change have contributed in multiple ways to the extent of devastation in Spain Here are three incriminating pieces of evidence: A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, leading to more intense rainfall events. 2023 was the hottest year on record globally by a large margin, but 2024 is on track to surpass it We are on the cusp of global average temperatures being 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels—a critical threshold in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 2023 was the hottest year on record globally by a large margin This point is more controversial and still contested by scientists, but there's a saying that "what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic." The Arctic region is warming faster than any other area on the planet Some scientists maintain that Arctic warming is weakening the mid-latitude jet stream—the high-altitude ribbon of air that often directs storms over regions like Ireland—and causing it to become more wavy extreme weather conditions can be blocked or stalled over the same location We've seen stalled low-pressure systems cause dramatic flooding in central Europe and Spain in the last two months alone Such stalling leads to huge rainfall amounts in affected regions giving rise to what we might call mega-floods a low-pressure system got trapped in place over the Iberian Peninsula moist air over the exceptionally hot Mediterranean local topography and hydrology contributed to creating the perfect storm This region has upland areas that force air to rise further amplifying instability and rainfall extremes characterized by thin soils and steep slopes With some areas recording over 400 mm of rainfall in less than six to eight hours These landscapes are also likely denuded of natural vegetation further accelerating the rainfall-runoff response author of The Future History of the Arctic discusses how a thawing Arctic Circle is heating up a new Cold War as nations scramble to control long frozen resources and new shipping routes While the impacts of these devastating floods are still unfolding, they are likely to reverberate locally and beyond for many months. The impacts of flooding do not end when the waters recede. They have long term impacts on health and wellbeing climate study says Midleton 'dodged a bullet' during 2023 flood These events are just a prelude to the future. In a world that's 3°C warmer than pre-industrial, such extremes wouldn't just be twice as bad (we are almost halfway there) — they could be dramatically more severe. Climate change is accelerating before our eyes. It is imperative that we act now, not just to mitigate its progression but to prepare for its inevitable impacts. The time for half-measures is over: we must confront this crisis head-on to safeguard our future. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not represent or reflect the views of RTÉ © RTÉ 2025. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. It brings the total number of people killed to 205; two others died in the Castilla La Mancha region There's been torrential rain in the region of Huelva, where there are warnings of further heavy rain into the night The city of Cartaya has seen around two months' worth of rain in just 10 hours The mayor of Chiva, in eastern Spain, says many more may be found dead inside their cars as a witness says he fears people were left trapped in their vehicles New satellite images show the significant impact of the historic flooding in Valencia Valencia floods: 'There is just mud everywhere' Spain has suffered its worst flooding disaster in recent history with the area around the coastal city of Valencia particularly badly impacted with three other deaths reported elsewhere but you can see more reporting and analysis across the BBC News site here: You can also see our coverage from throughout the day below Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingDeath toll rises in Spain as more rain forecastpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202419:00 GMT 1 November 2024Image source Car and debris strewn across a railway line close to Valencia We're going to be ending our live coverage soon Two people were also confirmed dead in the Castilla La Mancha region Communities face the aftermath: The military has been called in to the Valencia area to help with the clean-up effort. An army of volunteers has also been helping with the clean-up throughout the day Sixty-four people have also been arrested for looting in the Valencia area citing a report from Spain's interior ministry We've got one more post coming which will show you where to find more reporting and analysis on this story Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingIn pictures: Clean up continues after deadly flooding in Paiportapublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202418:50 GMT 1 November 2024Locals have banded together to help with clean up efforts in the town of Paiporta Images show cars nearly fully submerged in mud Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingLocals thankful to those who came to helppublished at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202418:21 GMT 1 November 2024Nicky SchillerReporting from La Torre I've been in the La Torre area all day watching the army of locals working tirelessly to clear streets of debris and people's homes of mud But just walking back down the main street my colleague Leontine noticed something on an opticians window Written in that same mud we are all covered in was the word Gracias and a heart symbol It says in one word what a lot of the people caught up in this disaster have been saying to others who came to help Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWatch: First wave of flood water hits Paiportapublished at 17:54 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202417:54 GMT 1 November 2024Video footage from Tuesday shows the moment the first wave of flood water moved through the streets of Paiporta Cars were still driving along streets when the town was hit The flooding here was particularly bad due to a ravine running through the centre of the town Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingLooting arrests made amid floods police saypublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202417:38 GMT 1 November 2024The newspaper El País reports that 64 people have now been arrested for looting following the flash floods in the Valencian Community Spain's National Police said 50 people had been arrested in Aldaia and Torrent the National Police posted a photo on social media of a jewellery store with a smashed window saying a number of stolen items had been recovered Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingDisruption at Barcelona airport Enaire reportspublished at 17:22 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202417:22 GMT 1 November 2024Enaire the air navigation service provider in Spain says "adverse weather" due to the storms is causing disruption to arrivals at Barcelona airport In a post on X, external Enaire says the situation is being monitored and advises people to check with their airline for updates it also reported disruption at the Palma de Mallorca airport the Valencian government has reiterated calls to avoid travelling to the region by car to avoid blocking access for emergency services "The help of volunteers is essential and very valuable, but we need to ensure that the work of emergency vehicles is not hindered, " the Valencian government writes on X. , external its president Carlos Mazón asked people travelling to help affected areas to "return home" as they were blocking access to roads Speaking after a meeting with the Emergency Control Centre (CECOPI) Mazón said "additional restrictive measures" will be put in place if people continued to travel Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingStarmer: 'The UK stands with Spain'published at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202416:41 GMT 1 November 2024Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says "the UK stands with Spain during this difficult time" after at least 205 people died in flash floods in the country In a post on X, external he adds: "My thoughts are with those who have lost their lives their families and all those affected by the devastation caused by the extreme flooding in Spain." Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingValencia MotoGP race called off following floodspublished at 16:26 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202416:26 GMT 1 November 2024Valencia will not host the final MotoGP of the season A new venue will be "confirmed as soon as possible" Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingLocals and volunteers mobilise in hard-hit Paiportapublished at 16:09 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202416:09 GMT 1 November 2024The town of Paiporta has a population of around 25,000 and so far Video footage showed how a first wave of flood water washed through Paiporta as cars were still circulating. Although rainfall was heavier in other areas, such as Utiel and Chiva, Paiporta’s geography, with a ravine running through its centre, made the impact of the flood particularly devastating Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingLarge numbers head to join clean-up in Valenciapublished at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202415:26 GMT 1 November 2024As we've been reporting large numbers of volunteers have been seen out on the streets to help with the clean-up operation after the floods The images below show people on their way to help with the effort – some holding cleaning equipment and supplies A group of volunteers walk towards the the La Torre neighbourhood in Valencia Volunteers head to the La Torre neighbourhood Volunteers entering Paiporta in the Valencia area to help with clean up The Balearic Islands off the coast of Spain Mallorca and Menorca are also subject to an orange alert issued by the Spanish meteorological agency It warns of a "significant risk" around storms and rainfall in Ibiza Mallorca and Formentera and a "risk" of storms and rain in Menorca According to the Balearic section of AEMET Mallorca and Menorca have also been issued with orange warnings for tomorrow A pinned post on their X account from four hours ago warns of "showers and storms" that are growing across the archipelago south-west Spain - that's now been downgraded to an orange alert That warning runs until midnight local time and means there is still a a "significant risk" of heavy rainfall in the area with around 40mm of rain expected per hour Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing'A mix of anger and sadness': Teacher says the authorities should have done morepublished at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202414:54 GMT 1 November 2024Bethany BellReporting from Aldaia told me that a little baby was found dead in a car It's outrageous that our local government didn't do anything about it He says he felt “a mix of anger and sadness all these people that I know here have gone through a terrible agony" “It’s human nature and we can be wonderful and we can be terrible Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingSearch for five missing continues in Leturpublished at 14:39 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202414:39 GMT 1 November 2024Image source EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockThe search for five missing in Letur in Castilla-La Mancha has intensified today with heavy machinery and dogs brought in to bolster efforts More than 200 troops and volunteers are searching within a 5km (3.1 mile) radius told state news channel RTVE last night: “All my support to the families no administration is going to leave them alone.” Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRoad near Valencia blocked by thick mudpublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202414:16 GMT 1 November 2024Image source the DGT is asking people not to travel to Valencia the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) sets out a series of road closures and disruptions caused by flooding one road has been rendered completely impassable as a result of being covered in thick mud The disruption to traffic comes on a public holiday in Spain - All Saints’ Day - and the DGT is asking people not to travel to Valencia Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingSurvivors fear more killed in attempt to escape carspublished at 14:03 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 202414:03 GMT 1 November 2024Guy HedgecoeBBC News in Madrid The A-3 motorway connecting Valencia to Madrid was one of many roads where motorists were trapped as the water level rose leaving them unsure whether it was safer to stay in the vehicle or not “There are almost certainly more people who have died because the water washed people away who had got out of their cars,” one survivor tells Telecinco television Another survivor says the water had risen up to his chest An eyewitness describes seeing one driver who had got out of his car and strapped himself to a lamppost with his belt to prevent being washed away warned on Thursday that nearby there were still “hundreds of cars turned upside down and they will surely have people inside them" The service between Plaza de España and València Sud on lines 1 2 and 7 is expected to be restored before February 15 Valencia Metro users have been waiting for weeks for progress in the reopening of lines 1 and 2 and part of line 7 which are still without service from the stations of Plaza España (lines 1 and 2) and Sant Isidre (line 7) A wait that already has an expiration date: February 15 announced this Thursday that the Valencian Executive will restore Metrovalencia service between these 3 lines and to València Sud during the first half of February these advances will take the form of the opening of 1 more station on line 7 as well as the section between València Sud and Castelló on line 1 To make up for this partial closure of the line the Generalitat will implement a new metro-bus interchange that will link from this metro stop to the towns of Paiporta and Picanya The València Sud station will reopen with its free parking lot in operation which will allow private vehicle journeys from the affected towns without service to link up with the available metro service The announcement was made after visiting the rehabilitation works of the set of access roads and auxiliary roads of València Sud The rest of the alternative bus services launched by the Generalitat to connect the city of Valencia with other towns of l’Horta Sud and the region of La Ribera will remain as before as detailed in the updated map of the metro network The Generalitat Valenciana has earmarked more than 54 million euros for the comprehensive rehabilitation of the València Sud area of Metrovalencia severely affected by the floods of last October 29th has been focused on the renovation of 10,000 meters of track including eight for rail service and 20 auxiliary tracks for maintenance and access to workshops 11 million have been allocated to the replacement of railway safety installations and automatic protection systems on the Sant Isidre-Torrent section Contracts for more than 23 million have also been awarded to rebuild the facilities of the València Sud complex The project undertakes the extension of the main building of a school completed by Manuel Portaceli in 1980, adding a new multipurpose pavilion the design of which reinterprets the original structure.   The sliding element built with ceramic pieces addresses the relationship between the interior and the exterior; the abstract pattern of the stained glass of the doors engages in dialogue with the  roof’s triangular forms.  Arquitectos ArchitectsArturo Sanz & Carmel Gradolí, Carmen Martínez Gregori Colaboradores CollaboratorsVALTER, Valenciana de estructuras (cálculo estructural structural engineering); Pablo Gómez Sánchez (instalaciones mechanical engineering); Francisco Vallet Ferrer (arquitecto técnico quantity surveyor) Contratista ContractorENSECON, Obras y Servicios, S.L. 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