Flash floods in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia have killed at least 51 people, according to local authorities on Wednesday, after Tuesday’s heavy rains submerged towns and roadways.
Television footage from the village of Utiel showed that rescuers using dinghies scoured the floodwaters in the dark, saving a number of people. On Wednesday, emergency personnel were trying to get to the places that had been impacted the hardest.
Valencia’s regional chairman, Carlos Mazon, stated that some individuals were still stranded in inhospitable areas.
At a press conference, Mazon stated that reaching some locations was “absolutely impossible” and that “if (emergency services) have not arrived, it’s not due to a lack of means or predisposition, but a problem of access.”
Overnight, dozens of footage posted on social media seemed to demonstrate Floodwaters caught people, some of whom climbed into trees to escape being carried away.
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Videos posted online showed firefighters rescuing drivers whose vehicles were stuck in flooded streets in the town of Alzira.
The area’s emergency services advised residents to stay off the roads at all costs and to stay informed from official sources.
Scientists claim that climate change made rain in flood-affected areas of Africa worse.
Human-induced climate change exacerbated the devastating rain that caused catastrophic floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan in recent months.Six days prior
In certain locations, a military force with a focus on rescue operations was sent to assist local emergency personnel.
Valencia, a significant citrus-growing region, was placed under a red alert by Spain’s governmental weather agency Aemet on Tuesday, with some locations like as changes in the climate. According to meteorologists, one of the main factors contributing to the severity of torrential rains is the warming of the Mediterranean, which raises water evaporation.
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