Top Posts
Report shows PR firm working for Shell wins...
Study shows climate change could make ‘droughts’ for...
Kano govt unveils climate change policy, to plant...
FG says desertification has disrupted livelihoods of over...
UN agency says deadly floods show need for...
NOA sensitises on climate change impact
UN climate change director calls for urgent action...
Environmental activist dismisses CoP meetings on climate change...
Trump administration says it won’t publish major climate...
Climate change: Stakeholders demand action on land use,...
EcoNai Newsroom
  • Newsround
  • Nigeria
  • Africa
  • World
World

Death toll in Spain’s floods rises to 158

by admineconai November 1, 2024
written by admineconai November 1, 2024
288

Latest reports coming out of Spain suggest that the death toll from devastating flash floods that hit the eastern part of the country climbed to 158 on Thursday, with rescue teams still searching for those missing in what could become Europe’s worst storm-related disaster in over five decades.

“There’s a total of 158 people to which must be added dozens and dozens of missing,” Angel Victor Torres, minister in charge of cooperation with Spain’s regions, was quoted to have told a press conference.

A year’s worth of rain fell in eight hours in parts of the Valencia region on Tuesday. The tragedy is already Spain’s worst flood-related disaster in modern history, and meteorologists say human-driven climate change is making such extreme weather events more frequent and destructive.

Recall that In 2021, at least 185 people died in heavy flooding in Germany. Prior to that, 209 people died in Romania in 1970 and floods in Portugal in 1967 killed nearly 500 people.

Rescue teams on Thursday discovered the bodies of eight people, including a local policeman, who had been trapped in a garage on the outskirts of the city of Valencia, Mayor Maria Jose Catala told reporters.
In the same neighbourhood of La Torre, she said, a 45-year-old woman was also found dead in her home.

Read also: Report: Apparently fake social media accounts boost Azerbaijan before Cop29

Thousands of people carrying bags or pushing shopping trolleys could be seen on Thursday crossing a pedestrian bridge over the Turia River from La Torre into Valencia city centre to stock up on essential supplies such as toilet paper and water.

Opposition politicians accused the central government in Madrid of acting too slowly to warn residents and send in rescue teams, prompting the Interior Ministry to say regional authorities were responsible for civil protection measures.
“Those people wouldn’t have died if they had been warned in time,” Laura Villaescusa, a neighbour and manager of a local supermarket, told Reuters.

Maribel Albalat, mayor of the nearby town of Paiporta, said residents were not warned of the imminent danger of flooding. She said 62 people had died in her town.
“We found a lot of elderly people inside their homes and people who went to get their cars. It was a trap,” she said.

Story was adapted from Reuters.

Climate changeDeathFloodSpain
0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
admineconai

previous post
Report: Apparently fake social media accounts boost Azerbaijan before Cop29
next post
UN report reveals almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger

Related Posts

Report shows PR firm working for Shell wins...

July 30, 2025

Study shows climate change could make ‘droughts’ for...

July 30, 2025

UN agency says deadly floods show need for...

July 22, 2025

UN climate change director calls for urgent action...

July 18, 2025

Environmental activist dismisses CoP meetings on climate change...

July 18, 2025

Trump administration says it won’t publish major climate...

July 18, 2025

Report: Climate change threatening global data centres

July 14, 2025

Report: Death toll of European Heatwave 3 times...

July 9, 2025

Japanese Island evacuates residents after relentless earthquake

July 7, 2025

5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast

July 7, 2025

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Newsletter

Subscribe my Newsletter for new blog posts, tips & new photos. Let's stay updated!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin
  • Bloglovin
  • Vimeo

@2021 - All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by Eco-Nai+

EcoNai Newsroom
  • Newsround
  • Nigeria
  • Africa
  • World