Spain: Death toll passes 200 as thousands travel to help with clean up effort | DW News

[@MargueriteMontes]

I hope the people rescuing are protecting themselves against sepsis and pneumonia. When we went through flash floods in Australia many came down with these types of diseases especially when dealing with trapped and deceased people in cars and homes for days. Please take care.

[@stanbalo]

@@MargueriteMontes doxycycline

[@MargueriteMontes]

@@stanbalo masks and gloves reduce the need for taking antibiotics. Fungal bronchial issues do not respond to antibiotics.

[@hpvspeedmachine4183]

Leptopirosis

[@suellencaroline5]

The exact same thing happened on May this year to the south of Brazil. People did not receive warnings on time, huge amounts of rain in a short period of time, everything flooded and was dragged by the water. Cars, houses, stores, including animals and people. It is sad to see it happening again now in Spain.

[@bb2tempo1]

"People need to know that the myth of Sisyphus describes also climate events" Allegedly, apparently more likely failure of the EU = European Union in the 21. century

[@Gloria_1991]

This is nightmare. When we received the emergency alert from 112 alert, we were still at work most of us. I was at work,and immediately took the car to return home. But most of the towns and villages were flooded. Weather forecast were advertising this phenomenon since October 26th. Regional authorities ignored the expert's advice and the danger of it. And, of course, we have bills to pay, families to maintain, and most were forced to go to work. We want political responsibilities for all these deaths (and more and more to come). Another thing we can't understand: in the majority of places, the help from the government arrived THREE DAYS LATER!!!!! Imagine the situation with no water, no food, no electricity, and dead bodies on the mod, under the cars and garages. This mustn't happened in a European country like mine. We have the resources to save life's. What we know as Valencian people is that when we need help, we stay strong together as a strong nation, the poole save the people!!!We are completely devastated. My condolences to all the family with death victims. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@TeasLouise]

Your leader is a climate change denier, working for the carbon fuels companies, not you. He cut budgets on weather warning, climate disaster studies (which would have shown this possibility) and disaster mitigation (flood controls, drainage, etc). And of course, being a Right Wing, he cut emergency, food, housing and other services. Like the southern Right Wing run US states, little help is to be expected.

[@JP-xd6fm]

I'm sorry about what happened but you actually *CAN* not go to work for one day!!! First of all, is legal when a warning is on and secondly, Are you gonna lose your job for not showing up one single day!???, if the answer is yes, then you better look for a better place to work. And I hope people learn from this and stop putting incompetents from far right parties in power.

[@sciencewins8798]

Yes, I heard that the schools demanded the students to come because there was no official order that children shall stay at home. This was horrendous!! I also pray for all who lost everything and family members. ❤ ❤❤

[@ysrajt5319]

In my case I didn't even receive the alert on my phone, I only knew about it from my friends a little bit after 8 pm. Luckily, we are all students and we heeded the advice of the University of Valencia beforehand. But unfortunately, I had friends who had (uncancelled ) evening classes and got stuck on their way back home. A friend of mine who lives in La Torre was stuck in place and surrounded by flooding water 2 meters high from like 9 pm until 4 in the morning when he was able to slowly make his way home.

[@christinegoetz6558]

Same in France in 2000, nobody was warned.

[@jovenserdenola1679]

Prayers for Valencia, Spain and all countries in the world affected by massive flooding. 🙏🙏🙏♥️💯🇵🇭 Love from Philippines 🙏

[@sinceresong9907]

Prayers are not going to change what must happen, that EVERYONE needs to live differently to stop this but we won't.

[@andreabastidavela5252]

Muchas gracias😢

[@jinkynibalbos1209]

🙏

[@StingRay1124]

Still we pray for you and for your family​@@sinceresong9907

[@BobiR-bl9fc]

we dont pray for anyone

[@catsara9114]

I love Spain. Sending my love from Germany ❤

[@ManuelMartinez-xy7hd]

Please, as a Spanish and Valencian, this is a plea to the EU authorities, if they are really there to listen to the citizens: here in Spain we need mechanisms to control the work of our political mafia and not bottomless credits that perpetuate their incompetence.

[@mariangelessuarez9978]

Spanish, not Spaniards. Please, respect.

[@jsmith1909]

Yes....the rerouting of the river....destruction of marsh and forest....environmental destruction is NOT simply air pollution

[@theresanolan1157]

@@jsmith1909 The largest perpetrators of environmental destruction are the Arms industry stock exchange, The Military Industrial Complex and the inevitable Wars to keep the Stock Shares dividends robust.. Therefore for the most part Environmental destruction is the byproduct of Greed .

[@JonMow]

how this has anything to do with politic? this is natural disater

[@gattetta]

@@mariangelessuarez9978 Spaniard is not an insult, spaniard and spanish are demonym for Spain.

[@Dogwatch219]

I’ve been flooded in nth qld Australia and I can tell you the damage it causes is horrific. Water and mud wrecks everything. I feel for these poor people having to go through this.

[@Jay-oi1vl]

Yep!!! Nothing good comes from it!!!

[@anguscampbell1533]

Our biggest problem in Canada is when rain coincides with melting snow and ice. The ice breaks loose and then flows down a large river to a narrow point or a bridge etc and blocks the natural gravitational flow of water forcing the water outwards especially on flat plains. But we never had the destruction seen in this video.

[@laurie7689]

@@anguscampbell1533 You mean that you've never had that destruction YET. Be prepared for the possibility of it. We all need to learn to adapt.

[@anguscampbell1533]

@@laurie7689 Yes that is a possibility but can we adapt?

[@valkyrie1066]

💔💔 We're still digging out from a horrific storm in parts of the USA; but Spain? The eather's going a bit crazy. The warnings didn't help us much, either. The storm and flood came on so fast it trapped people in houses and cars. Best of luck, Valencia. I feel you.

[@Andy-i6f]

"rescue is moving to recovery" Heartbreaking, imagine how the families of the missing felt when hearing that...

[@Itsallillusional]

​@@UberFoXGo away.

[@simracer8142]

​@@UberFoXgo back to school kid..

[@stitchlover633]

@@UberFoX It cant be a coincidence can it

[@pauletteschiowitz8989]

Guess what is below Valencia: deposits of lithium per google 😊

[@marks3678]

My wife and I were there three weeks ago on holiday. Can't beleive the devastation and loss of life that has happened to such a beautiful city and it's people.

[@texasgermancowgirl]

I’m so sorry to the Spanish people. I’m American and we just went through this with Helene in North Carolina. 🫂

[@DeBe4604]

In Florida too .Hurricane Milton which followed Helene 2 weeks later was,a cat 5 downgraded to 3 when it landed near Siesta Key a beautiful beach in Florids did a lot of damage through out Florida along with horrific outbreak of Tornadoes.The.block i live on is full.of roofs siding tree branches all piled up across the street up and down the whole block...Insulation all over the grasses. Tree canapies stripped and many branches down.. Dont know how long birds and squirrels can survive in those trees in the very hot sun in Florida.

[@andreabastidavela5252]

Muchas gracias 😢

[@mariangelessuarez9978]

USA is the country. America, the continent.

[@texasgermancowgirl]

I said I’m American. My nationality. I know the United States is a country but in this context, I stated my nationality (American) and our recent struggles with Helene in NC.

[@texasgermancowgirl]

@@mariangelessuarez9978 Mi madrastra es mexicana. Mi comentario original puede haber sido mal traducido de tu parte. Mi comentario dice: “Soy estadounidense (mi nacionalidad), acabamos de pasar por esto con el huracán Helene y Carolina del Norte

[@Muammer-jg7hs]

Stay safe Great Spanish 🇪🇸 people. Our hearts and prayers are with you from Turkiye 🇹🇷

[@lisaabbwtt6118]

We also have been having floods in South Africa, these days living in a coastal town is a waste of money. Our rainfall is getting more extreme , as the vegetation is cleared, so is the wind! Thinking of you and your families at this time. People need to remember, you made the government, if they dont help you, change them. People help each other, that's how humans should act.❤

[@fabsir2007]

The city I live in has gone through similar tragedy in the past, some 180 lives were claimed. That happened in 2008, since then a warning system has been set up and today we get alerts on our phones, on the radio and TV, everytime storms of such a proportion or floods are likely to occur. Our prayers and thoughts are with the people of Valencia. Fuerza amigos valencianos! Saludos desde Blumenau, Brasil

[@stanbalo]

Im from Asia and our place is always flooded so we are always on alert when it rains. You can only prepare to a certain extent to be honest. Prayers are very much needed. Pray that it does not rain that much and if it does, pray for everyone's safety.

[@litsaludgate8759]

Προσευχή 😮

[@ekno2506]

Can't the army drop food and water from helicopter?

[@sinenomine4540]

there is no profit in that.

[@DEBERESA]

There is no need for that. They are getting supplies through other channels. On top of that, the army is also involved

[@susanwestwood3718]

​​@@DEBERESAthey could still drop supplies in

[@esthermarcen7587]

@@DEBERESA the army has not been deployed, local army men helped on their own will with consent of their higher ranks, because they still waiting the order from Madrid the capital.

[@SanjayKumar-ei4sn]

They should have disaster management cell with trained relief staff like in India

[@so_monika6743]

Modern society: too many waterways are constricted by cement; most people live in cities with woefully inadequate drainage possibilities; in which most available land has been built on, cemented, or asphalted, and to that we can add wilful ignorance and a general unwillingness to actually face the realities of the climate we have turned out to be so, so good at changing. Poor Valencia, but unfortunately there will be many more towns and villages hurt.

[@Jay-oi1vl]

Climate change is a made up myth!! The global leftie elites are messing around with the weather crowd sceeding and making these storms even worste than thier original rain fall!!! They've been fingers around with the weather since the 50s!!!!

[@kaleidoscopicdocs8850]

The lack of empathy is crazy for somebody who pretends to be concern.

[@theresanolan1157]

@@kaleidoscopicdocs8850 Just being real about it all...too much cement....They build on flood plains here in Ireland... Corrupt planning...and poor Malta is an environmental disaster due to crookery and Mafioso .

[@emmanuelmathews1718]

Doesn't defeat the point though. This can happen anywhere, usually at the worst time ​and place it's less about the disaster itself and more the vulnerabilities it exposes in our modern society definitely not something to dismiss because it is undeniable at this point that the climate is changing dramatically and violently in regions that are unprepared for it@@kaleidoscopicdocs8850

[@dhanyrafael]

Over 200 people dead and over 2000 people missing. It's a tragedy beyond words can express.

[@nanidominika7766]

🕯🌹 My prayers for Valencia.

[@h5mind373]

We live in Valencia, only a few miles from some of the towns you're seeing in the news. There is an aspect of this disaster that's not mentioned, which is that after the previous catastrophic floods in 1957, the Turia River was redirected to flow south of the city, into an artificial channel built for the purpose. When Tuesday's flood waters came, they overflowed that channel and inundated the surrounding areas. You can see it via Google Maps. That said, this was rainfall not seen here in more than a century, so it was obviously beyond the scope of the planning 60 years ago.

[@pilarmolina8958]

Menos mal que el cauce del río se desvió de la ciudad 11 km y se hicieron presas de contención en los afluentes, de lo contrario hoy Valencia no existiría. Infórmate bien por favor, gracias. No es el río Turia el que se ha desbordado.

[@orzotubephi9328]

This is incorrect. That Turia's artificial channel was NOT overflowed. Some other natural waterbeds were overflooded, but not the artifical one built after 1957. That's why most of the city north of the channel was saved.

[@bb2tempo1]

"People need to know that the myth of Sisyphus describes also climate events" Allegedly, apparently more likely failure of the EU = European Union

[@egutiguti3337]

@@pilarmolina8958. Paradójicamente se realizó en tiempos del dictador Franco. Entonces las cosas se hicieron mucho mejor.

[@dennismorris7573]

So very sad this, my heart goes out to all affected.

[@JuneRowe-ny2ze]

😢 Absolutely Heartbreaking

[@ericdpeerik3928]

If Spain doesn't have the resources, send other Europeans. Surely we can send troops to deliver food and water rations. The Dutch can fix your water issues. If we don't help each other, what's the point of being the EU?

[@leilaoksanen5142]

❤

[@bb2tempo1]

????????????????????

[@cerroblanco2673]

España tiene recursos de sobra para afrontar una situación de estas características. El problema no está en los recursos sino en los intereses políticos del gobierno regional y nacional, la inactividad de estos y el sacar rédito político de la situación echándose la mierda unos a otros. ¡El ejército llevaba tres días preparado para actuar inmediatamente, esperando una orden qué nunca llegó! El gobierno regional no declaró la alerta roja porque eso lo dejaba como ineficaz ante el gobierno central ( son de partidos opuestos) y el gobierno central ha dejado que esto pase para mostrar la ineficacia del regional. Esta es la triste situación que tenemos en España con la clase política, que viven en un mundo ajeno al del ciudadano con sus intereses por encima de los de su pueblo. Un saludo.

[@lifisrael]

Praying for Those Who Lost Their Lives And Homes Jesus Have Mercy

[@jinkynibalbos1209]

🙏

[@el.guillyt]

1900 people are still missing

[@jovenserdenola1679]

😧 you counted?

[@el.guillyt]

There's some non government websites where people have been posting their missing persons, of course it's not an accurate number, just an estimate, just don't believe what media says, their data mostly comes from state agencies, if you see some images and the extension of de damages, the numbers provided seem really low, and seeing the low response of the government...

[@jennarentz]

@@jovenserdenola1679 emergency services 112 has reported this number. Really, no need for sarcasm here. We are devastated. Thank you.

[@hyzenthlay7151]

Mazon's regional government is entirely to blame for the lack of warning. They had the warning from AEMET in the early morning. In the early afternoon he came out and said it will be dying down by 18:00, and they didn't give the warning to the people until past 20:00, as the floodwaters were literally coming down.

[@anguscampbell1533]

We had floods here in Canada also but not on this scale. I guess one loss of life and one loss of a house is to much. Stay safe!!!

[@LunaWJ5455]

Valencia is a known flood zone..and in the last 5 years, the government had removed all the dams in the flood prone area… why???

[@Roger-ry3pq]

Let's see if it can be known, since all dams in Spain have names, please list the names of the demolished dams that you are talking about. Specially those from Valencia. If what you say is true, you should be able to name one at least.

[@Mercalons]

Nobody here in Spain understands why

[@Mercalons]

​@@Roger-ry3pqapparently there is many ,its on the internet

[@Roger-ry3pq]

@@Mercalons He won’t be able to name even one because it’s simply not true. There are countless rumors circulating online. What was demolished were weirs, not dams-a very different thing and irrelevant when it comes to stopping a flood of this magnitude.

[@monicaxxi4277]

Exactly. The government will have to answer why do they destroy our best assets in name of ecologism. Thanks for pointing this out, most people ignore this and they just repeat like parrots "climate change".

[@JeffBilkins]

It is getting spooky. This escalated very fast and was so destructive.

[@bing11armo]

HAARP

[@Starclimber]

@@bing11armo CO2. Fewer letters, more accurate.

[@bing11armo]

@@Starclimber get your facts right. Spain does not even reach 1% of global emissions. Good try though.

[@Starclimber]

@@bing11armo Excellent. Tell me about Spain's HAARP percentage, if you're so inclined.

[@bing11armo]

@@Starclimber percentage? 🤣🤣🤣 just shows your ignorance.

[@carolr7823]

Very sad situation.

[@roadArt132]

They have been carrying out a Savage deforestation program around and above these locations for the last years. It has been reported to Greenpeace locally and at the European Central headquarters, and to local authorities (Seprona) to no avail. ANY amount of water after deforestation would turn into a flooding stream bringing along massive amounts of mud and debris with it. Now you tell me what the real reason is

[@SickOfIttt]

If there had been a warning rather than the PM telling them it would dwindle out by 6 pm, then all those people working in garages, etc, would have gone home earlier. 8 bodies in one garage alone!!!!!!

[@DEBERESA]

There was a red alert thought the day. Many people went about their day regardless. The local representativo you mention is a Climate change denialist. They got 400l per square meter. The record being 150 or so. Nobody could have predicted a tsunami

[@iannorton2253]

It wasn't the Prime Minister who told people it would dwindle by 6pm, it was the President of the Valencian regional government. He minimised the risk, didn't take the warnings seriously. There had been notice given days in advance by the Spanish meteorological office of a severe weather event.

[@carlossanzromero2942]

​@@iannorton2253exacto y muchos empresarios no dejaron irse a la gente a casa

[@laurie7689]

@@carlossanzromero2942 That also happens a lot here in the USA.

[@bb2tempo1]

"People need to know that the myth of Sisyphus describes also climate events" Allegedly, more likely apparent failure of the EU = European Union in the 21. century. Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[@flympi1539]

3:35 People should follow instructions of the authorities that just did not warn them in time, that sounds cynical…

[@julienriou4511]

People need to know that the myth of Sisyphus describes also climate events As a European I would not want to pay for the reconstruction. Scientists have warned about these phenomena and the risks and yet more and more people are settling in the Valencia region. And when I hear the Prime Minister say: “we will rebuild Valencia as it was before” it is utter stupidity. He is not even capable of analyzing that his policy is a cause of these misfortunes and does not understand that when nature says stop concrete and construction near rivers then we must listen to it.

[@theresanolan1157]

Correct...

[@bb2tempo1]

" People need to know that the myth of Sisyphus describes also climate events" In the USA, the Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1. The season will remain active through Nov. 30. Allegedly, more likely apparent failure of the EU = European Union in the 21. century. Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[@1983bigstar]

Signs of Times..

[@lingth]

you know i often see 'HIGH TECH Army Vehicles" that are ALL WEATHER, ALL TERRAIN, and can cross Water, Mud and all sorts of things to KILL others. but come to RESCUE, I see rescuers say "ROAD is Blocked" , Bridge is Down.. so help is limited. so if you have the budget for all those all terrain tanks and military vehicles and advanced drones to drop bombs? why not use them for rescue, minus the Cannon and armor, and those attack drones instead of dropping bombs and missiles why not drop supplies? The Military has COMBAT ENGINEERING tanks that can clear obstacles and build bridges for tanks to cross but they cant be deployed for Valencia??? building a Makeshift Bridge and repair the roads? Drop Portable GENERATORS for Powers..?

[@MrVorpalsword]

The warnings were sounded many years ago in 1957 and from what I read, Valencia has always been very prone to flooding. The silliest thing to do would be to rebuild demolished buildings (p.s. possibly .... perhaps residents were SAFE in their apartments?) - they rerouted the river away from the city centre, did they just rebuild housing again around the banks of the new river? is that where they put the motorway?? The university inspired universally chanted mantra 'climate-change' isn't the half of it - rebuilding in-situ would be like building houses on Mount Vesuvius or straddling the San Andreas fault only more likely to be destroyed.

[@h5mind373]

Coincidentally and tragically, most of the flooded areas are bordering the channel where the Turia River was redirected back in the 1960s. You can see it on Google Maps. Prior to 1957, the Turia ran through the middle of the city.

[@MrVorpalsword]

@@h5mind373 Yes, I know, I did look at the maps - it seems obvious in HINDSIGHT that running the motorways either side of the new river was a mistake. But also a little further south another stream broke its banks (sadly in a town called Torrent). It is too early to tell but if the majority of victims are found to have been in cars, then traffic management is something that can be sorted out (a bit) and there shan't be any need to relocate whole suburbs.

[@ritzrn630]

Wow , last week our people back home in SEAsia experienced same kind of unexpected flooding, now in other part of the world 😢

[@Itsallillusional]

It's worldwide

[@jovenserdenola1679]

No more exceptions worldwide flooding.​@@Itsallillusional

[@joannlarson6386]

Happened in S.C in the states.

[@owindustry]

Nature never forgives the mistakes made by foolish people.

[@mausilugner6637]

But a well-known weather phenomenon was to blame here ... the Spanish call it "cold drop" ... nobody can predict how severe these storms will be.

[@bb2tempo1]

"People need to know that the myth of Sisyphus describes also climate events" Allegedly, more likely apparent failure of the EU = European Union in the 21. century. Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[@lorenacharlotte8383]

It has not much to do with climate change. There is a long, long history of floods alone the centuries in many areas in Spain. For instance in 1954 this area had such a terrible flood that General Franco made to build up a “presa” and “pantanos” not only in this area but all over Spain to prevent disasters. And also using afterwards those stored waters for producing electricity, horticulture lands...however, for not clear practical reasons all those presas and pántanos were gradually dismantle with dramatic consequences. Another cause for provoking disaster flood might have to do for stopping to do the cleaning in riversides. Another cause was to built houses in areas well notoriously known by their floods.

[@anniehills3580]

Now we witness the results of human greed.

[@theresanolan1157]

I said the exact same thing earlier...Environmental destruction all boils down to Greed in one way or the other...

[@bb2tempo1]

"People need to know that the myth of Sisyphus describes also climate events" Allegedly, more likely apparent failure of the EU = European Union in the 21. century. Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[@hatimnaji9589]

God bless Our Neighbors to the north 🇲🇦🇪🇸

[@curlitek]

God bless you too

[@jennarentz]

1900+ still missing here.

[@Trenance-forever]

Sad scenes of havoc

[@gloriathompson4010]

Even if they were warned, what could they do? No one could predict the magnitude of the rain fall

[@janetyrrell7535]

Why can’t they air drop food & water?

[@catalina7383]

From the first minute our army has been waiting for orders to mobilize and help, but the government did not call them. In fact, after 3 days they sent the ridiculous amount of 500. They have to wait for an order from the government, but our government is negligent. The only help in the days after the tragedy was volunteers, neighbors.

[@janetyrrell7535]

@ I saw hundreds of (young) people walking to València to help. Unbelievable that the government did not instruct several thousands soldiers to assist, it’s the worst natural disaster for decades. I live in France but if I lived in Spain I would certainly offer my help & home. I wish you courage & strength 🙏

[@cnccccccd]

Can't imagine living through this horror snd yet so many more will have to as things get worse 💔

[@rollosinternet1853]

They are managing to clear the main roads, and my family in the capital said that the supermarkets are finally getting supplies, but there are still many small areas blocked in the outskirts. Unfortunately the number of victims will raise even more. The capital was saved because they deviated the river, but a lot of areas West and South got up to 3m high floods. The Balearic island were also not getting anything as they depend mostly of the port of Valencia. Bcn is covering a lot of transport of supplies now, but the main issue are the small isolated areas. They need to invest and protect the surrounding areas.

[@ShannonJosephGlomb]

crazy its happened to dozens of cites everywhere in the past couple weeks :)

[@Itsallillusional]

Yep it's almost like the climate change we've been warned about for decades us happening.

[@Rac-FPV-m4o]

@@ItsallillusionalDon’t be silly, it’s weather manipulation by the Spanish government to make sure Trump loses the election. If we can just get enough thoughts and prayers on KZbin, god will pull his finger out.

[@WhyWorldWet]

dozens of major flooding events around the world this year. Valencia received a years worth of rain in 8hrs! thats wild. It's of my opinion, that we're heading back up to the garden of eden, but first we must experience the giant flood first. The giant deludge again

[@hetedeleambacht6608]

it doesnt seem unliky to me either.....

[@angelabak3122]

These are powerful messages from the Mother Earth that we are mistreating our Home. Despite the awful threats we reject change,so we will suffer in perspective.. Large compassion and love for the Spanish people now,before Americans,Eatern/Central Europeans etc etc We have to shift our lifestyle for protecting the nature,NOW

[@thecognitivedissonant3606]

We are with you all in spirit, these devastating floods are happening many places in the world and it is not natural at all 😢 Heaven is watching and keeping score ❤Peace and comfort to all of you

[@Jay-oi1vl]

No it's not natural!! Ur right about that!! Global leftie elites cloud speeding deliberately making the natural storms even worste so they can then "blame it on thier climate change AGENDA!!!!! And push thier insain narrative!!! Dont believe a word of any global government now,

[@AndyNL]

the hagel(ice balls) falling with the rain was like bullets, it was scary to see images

[@carolmorgano7158]

I pray for you all 😭😭🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼just shocking

[@AhJodie]

If you look at some of the images, there is very skilled work done to keep the water away from doing harm, which has been working. I am impressed at how well some of this was made! I do send condolences to those who had loved ones die! The pictures are just horrible power! I live in the USA, at one time, there were floods so quickly that huge canyons were formed which left beautiful rock cliffs now! The woman had some great ideas of how the community can learn what to do that could help save lives. I also feel like I want to massage the man's eyebrows that look painfully furled above his nose!

[@ezlow1065]

I noticed the forehead crinkles too! 😃😂

[@SculptExpress-gv8jp]

Because she is flooding him with the most vacuous template talk! My eyes met on the root of my nose while listening to her.

[@whatsupbudbud]

Indeed, a very good point regarding the end of ice age floods. It does seem to me that either we should build extremely fortified buildings as our homes near coastal areas or move inland. Granted, other extreme weather phenomena like tornadoes, giant hail and others are on the rise as well, so probably fortified buildings and other civil engineering solutions are our best bet. Considering how much work and $ all of that will cost, I can only conclude that there will soon be a less demand for owning a property and renting will start to look like a better deal.

[@laurie7689]

@@whatsupbudbud I agree about the fortifying, but not about the renting.

[@TroellaTyznik]

Wish I could help too Thank you great Samaritan Angelic Helpers Praying

[@sinenomine4540]

No need to help, there are already way more humans than the planet can host.

[@happysunshine1988]

Wherever you live, ALWAYS store at least a couple of weeks worth food, water, medical supply etc 💗🙏

[@bb2tempo1]

Where? In the public parking garage?

[@beaulieuc8910]

agreed, its common sense

[@lindalastovickova3335]

Is it true that the spanish govermnent rejected help by France which offered thousands of soldiers to deal with search for those people who now have, as was said, "a very slim chance to survive"? Maybe if you didn't reject professionals who would speed up the search and had bigger reach, lives could be saved? Could anyone explain logic behind this act?

[@NathanHarrison7]

Excellent coverage. Thank you!

[@amilaperera1]

Really an excellent content. Watching from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

[@arlenehutchinson9259]

What TIME? I have watched many news briefs but I can't find one saying WHAT TIME did it start? Thanks DW

[@jennarentz]

Hi, I live in Valencia, maybe I can help. It started in the morning. Our warning came at 8pm on our phones. We went to work as usual. I was only sent home because the companies started seeing videos of other areas where the storm was hitting on social media. There are way more ordinary citizens helping than authorities. They need food (that doesn’t need to be cooked) and water, blankets… thank you for thinking of Valencia ❤

[@lisbondiaries9212]

So an American is going to tell Europe we have problems with infrastructure…go take care of the issues in the U.S. I am European and American. The infrastructure there is a huge mess. How about for these stories, interview an expert in the country where the natural disaster happens!

[@Morpheusarrow]

Great government .. I understand why we pay so much taxes

[@SanjayKumar-ei4sn]

Situations of Asia is echoing in Spain now

[@naminders1172]

America and Europe is busy supporting wars in Ukraine and Israel. Business houses are busy in making money at any cost. Noone is bothered about climate change. All the politicians do party on the name climate change going for g7, brics etc. Suffers are the common people. I believe all the commoners should come together against wars and the politicians not taking it seriously as only poor and common people are worst affected

[@DanielNistrean]

I think this needs to be investigated and resolved on EU level. Why such short warning?

[@bb2tempo1]

" People need to know that the myth of Sisyphus describes also climate events" In the USA, the Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1. The season will remain active through Nov. 30. Allegedly, more likely apparent failure of the EU = European Union in the 21. century. Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[@lesleycarney8868]

I live in the original path of this storm but fortunately it veered away and we caught the edge of it. We were warned days before of the path and the strength. The trouble is the Spanish way is to be warned by text but i was checking the internet. We are 2 hours southwest from Valencia and we knew what was coming. Another thing a lot of people around the world might not know, in towns and cities in Spain parking is a lot of times underground and it would be the last place, as a Brit used to rain, the basement would be the last place i would run to as being flooded. Plus so much concrete everywhere and not many back gardens to soak up the rain.

[@linagervacio392]

I experienced ONDOY here in the Philippines. Our floodgates have automatic alarms that let us know how high the water at the floodway is. The alarms ring for every meter the water rises. The alarms went off, one after the other too fast. The water was rising too fast, we did not have time to evacuate. 3 months worth of rain fell in a few hours. I can not imagine the devastation of 1 year's worth of rain... Our prayers are with the people of Spain. 🙏😔

[@linagervacio392]

Now, we use Rainfall Warnings. It tells us how much water the rain clouds have. Our weather forecasts have Rainfall Warnings. This way, we can prepare 2 or 3 days ahead.

[@user-rw718]

Incredible images 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@christinsorianojr.9929]

Let us pray for the people of Valencia. Let us pray for His mercy and to heal the land.🙏

[@rowandowland1391]

Its hard to put this all into perspective. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Valencia. DW it is so inappropriate and disrespectful to have commentators from the UK provide generalised comments on this local disaster. Please talk to Spanish experts who are better informed about the local situation.

[@granujja]

The regional president shared a video in twitter at 13:00h informing the rain would be gone by 18:00... this is unacceptable

[@suzanneportch113]

Stop weather modification now! 😢

[@virginiav1704]

Are there lithium deposits in that area?

[@imonthebeach3185]

I was in Malaga during this storm; it was a freak occurrence with a stationary storm front over us; the Aemet meteorological forecast is normally super reliable in predicting our usual storms but this one was different. A large stationary storm that erupted locally and randomly it was clear the usual prediction models were not working.

[@Canaris_Kiss]

Valencia got felted by the NWO.

[@Carolb66]

❤Valencia. 🙏🏻for the victims. 😢

[@byronedwards8157]

Ok. Climate change. Right. But can we still agree that owning weather modification tech and a redevelopment plan or public service should be punishable with premeditated murder?

[@Jc-ms5vv]

😂😂😂

[@Comic_Dude]

Dozens are missing? There are more than 2500 people missing. This is our 9/11.

[@willkranken]

How can you build water systems of very small villages to deal with 2000 m3/s ???

[@greeenjeeens]

Don't live next to a river..

[@laurensa.1803]

Start with stopping deforestation and make waterways wider...

[@IRACEMABABU]

You cannot. What happens is the result of at least 8 generations of people toying with nature in the stupiest way, never caring about the consequences, and all over the planet. The climate is deregulated and it will get worse and last hundreds or thousands years.

[@Dqtube]

@@laurensa.1803 You probably don't know what 2000 m/s looks like in reality. For this flow you would need a profile 300 metres wide and 7 metres deep. That's a bigger structure than the riverbed in LA that appears in the movies.

[@arneliashort4647]

So they are admitting that they were informed that a major storm was coming to their area. They disregarded it. Now they’re saying there was a communication issue. What more were they expecting? A brownie? Perhaps you should take heed to the first warning. Same thing happens here in America every single year. They warn people that a storm is coming and they should evacuate or take proper precautions and the people think they know better than the experts.

[@theresanolan1157]

It was the regional governor of Valencia who did not take it serioisly ...everything should have been shut by government order but people were still expected to go to work and school....

[@laurie7689]

Unfortunately, even in the USA, there is no weather reprieve by businesses or bill collectors. People tend to wait to the last minute to evacuate, if at all, as a result.

[@Trenance-forever]

Lord have mercy !

[@letiziamarti270]

La monarquai debería vender sus outfits de diseñador, sus coronas y joyas para ayudar, no tendrían porque pedir voluntariado. Que tristeza su gobierno😢 queridos hermanos españoles mi corazón está entristecido.

[@ftdecastrolondon]

The best comment. El mejor comentario.

[@daviddirjan]

Te recuerdo que los cabrones del gobierno tienen 300 coches oficiales, un jet privado, 2 helicópteros y salarios de 130.000€ anuales para que? Si no hacen nada a tiempo...

[@Mercalons]

La monarquía está ayudando con cien soldados de la guardia real

[@Benito-lr8mz]

No se si eres Española si lo eres pareces una troll simplemente sino te digo que España como país tiene recursos de sobra para situaciones como estás y muchos peores tiene la U.M.E y al ejército con 120.900 soldados y todo tipo imaginable de herramientas para paliar esto la cuestión no es ni por dinero ( España es la 4 economía de la U.E y la 5 de toda Europa y la 15 del mundo con 1'6 billones de € de PIB )ni por gente o material es algo político simplemente

[@andrewdunbar828]

damages are the new damage

[@rajupodiyan3147]

How Spain can say "NO" 🏫

[@tara-30]

But if you play too much with the fires alarm, people will not believe is real at some point. We need to start accepting there are many things we cant control in this world and is nobody's fault.

[@aceace4660]

The norm now.

[@TheEmmaLucille]

What are they waiting to send food and water, exactly? Are they waiting for some more deaths?

[@creativeleodaily]

Well the warning was already issued in Spain and Portugal, I think no one expected it to be so sudden, so fast and so devastating 😢

[@AndyNL]

I guess you are right in a way.we are not really aware of red alert..!!!

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Man, how do people recover from this? People struggle to afford basic living & yet storms come in and destroy everything they have. How are systems going to be able to cover this stuff? How will systems function when massive interruption occurs? I can't grasp how things will be able to handle this stuff?

[@catalina7383]

Our government is negligent!!!

[@fosterbbo]

Thank you for featuring the impact of climate change as opposed to some outlets seemingly trying not to mention it.

[@nicktw8688]

So many crazy commenters in here.

[@einbisschenwasvonjenem]

Those are full of fear and seeking for easy explanation that relieves their inner doubt they still could be in fact responsible in one way or another because warnings are out there since decades. It is painful to admit one could be responsible in which way ever for such big things happening right now and probably much more bigger in the future.

[@patelmithun1775]

May God bless you all may family peoples

[@mizukowa]

hundreds of dead in the garage of a shopping center and the media says nothing, 5 days in a country not so big and with the capacity to act from the first second

[@Artifex_AI12]

well, I tried to give a long explanation on what is actually going on over here but YT keeps deleting it, no matter how I change the text or even if I separate it into different messages. Can be summed up as governemtn knew, could have warned and prevented, death toll will be way higer.

[@hetedeleambacht6608]

that wouldnt surprise me at all

[@Jay-oi1vl]

Yep, ur not wrong!! They are controlling the weather by cloud sceeding and making these storms worste than thier original rain fall!! And then will blame it on climate change to push thier insain agenda,,, and your right about YT!! ALWAYS DELETS MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE CORUPT GOVERNMENTS..

[@Jay-oi1vl]

Right bk at ya, I've just written two reply to u that haven't been uploaded!!! And mentioned the exact same lite ppl as you did!!

[@Jay-oi1vl]

See that 1 went up!!!! I'm guessing thier doing a shadow ban on any1 tlking about it

[@terrydamron4770]

😢😢 Prayers for ALL...

[@4nature70]

It is so sad to see all the damage from Floods and other natural catastrophe. It's getting more and more. We must act now to slow down the climate change. Otherwise it will getting more. I pray for the victims in Spain and in other regions.

[@suzanneportch113]

Stop weather modification now 😢

[@joannlarson6386]

It has more to do with the sun.

[@Marthawendy-sz2mk]

@@joannlarson6386The Son😊❤️‍🔥of TMH🩷

[@anselmo4952]

Is a natural disaster typical of the climate of this region.

[@nodi1234]

the truth is that most cities do not have enough pipes, drains to get rid of water - new streets should have enough drainage

[@FiratKAGITCI-f2f]

Dude it was written as 200 thousands just a minute ago, how come you did such mistake! But you just changed it, I almost lost my mind.

[@mearip6116]

Authorities should be happy people came to help🤦‍♀️

[@esthermarcen7587]

all the people that was on the roads, did not get any worming and that is terrible, the president did not react the first day, he was in a meeting talking about the money invested in the public tv and press, he said something the day after, how is that ??? and he ask more money because that is going to fix the climate changes in the "cold drops" that the country could have in the future, how is that ???

[@catalina7383]

From the first minute our army has been waiting for orders to mobilize and help, but the government did not call them. In fact, after 3 days they sent the ridiculous amount of 500. They have to wait for an order from the government, but our government is negligent. The only help in the days after the tragedy was volunteers, neighbors.