Flash flooding in Spain kills dozens, rescue operations underway | DW News

[@antoniolopezlopez4236]

In case anyone is wondering. The southeast of Spain has a Mediterranean climate, and is characterised by long dry periods and flash floods from time to time. Once every few years is very common. These torrential rains can be more or less violent, so this has been happening literally forever in the region. The difference is that this time it was one of the worst in decades, but it is not a rare weather phenomenon in the region. In Spain they are called "Danas". The real estate companies have been building in ravines and vagoadas which are the natural channel for these torrents of water. Until now no one cared because events like this happen once every thirty or fifty years, but eventually this is what happens because of building in flood risk zones.

[@NapoleonGelignite]

Ah ha. This is the Spanish version of ‘they need to dredge the rivers’ narrative right?

[@hokavistark7671]

Praying for Spain 🙏

[@christinefinniss6263]

So sorry Spain. 😪

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

OMG ,saw it coming. So sorry cousins! I will pray for all affected!

[@SaidOsman-x5t]

Now everywhere is raining and flooding around the world.

[@iggy5347]

Relax buy insurance.

[@jayakumarkaarikuzhy4713]

Not flooding around the world. Annual rain is coming uninvited.

[@Kessoku]

drought and then flash flood? wow

[@SouthernSultan]

My condolences to the people in Spain I've not ever had a problem with the Spanish

[@Jormunguandr]

Stay safe and warm. sad times

[@marypatriciawarming4548]

Permaculture planting in desertified areas has been proven to work since 1993.

[@hardwareful]

To give an example: Rajasthan is years ahead of European countries when it comes to a distributed and well integrated concept of slowing down, storing and infiltrating large amounts of rain water that falls during the monsoon season. Droughts and extreme rainfalls are one and the same challenge. Watershed management is one of the key fields where we can improve our climate resilience.

[@lazurusknight2724]

Being in an area that experiences a monsoon season for over 1000 years, like the cities and people of Rajasthan has, and you would be expected to be years ahead of dry desert Spain in dealing with monsoon rains, right? Or did they just realize they were getting rained on in 1999 and have pursued enlightened civil engineering projects in the modern era to accommodate the seasonal monsoon?

[@sinsubterfugios2637]

I did not know that but Rajasthan is mainly flat and now imagine 400 litres per sq meter coming downhill top speed from the mountains... You would need to erase all human construction and re-start from zero to make a smart and efficient rainwater distribution

[@mi5tyfy]

More likely linked to El Niño and La Niña on her way ...

[@Kennon959]

What should buildings be made of if not concrete and metal? There needs to be more flood defenses and areas around rivers and tributaries to absorb water

[@patrickgz]

prayers for victims.

[@Delgwah]

Thank you, Strength And Love.

[@StudioKeyRecords]

Haarp

[@patrickbureau1402]

WE all so Sorry for this Inconvenient Truth - World iz BURNING STOP - DROP & ROLL 🌺🍀⚜️🇨🇦⚜️🍀🌺

[@williamthatsmyname]

Wow, I thought that thumbnail was AI. Thoughts and prayers.

[@bewater8417]

Floods everywhere.

[@junreygaleon5337]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@isakalay6839]

Rip.

[@thomasmontgomery805]

🇵🇹🇨🇦🇪🇸 I wish you all well

[@LunarCosmic]

Extreme weather from prolonged hot weather around Asia

[@mariz2361]

Spain... I wish you all well...!!! (Anyone else thinking weather warfare or is it just me...???)

[@pramodkumar.k.v.750]

PAINful 😣😖 news !

[@GODSWAY-b9k]

Will there be Laliga this weekend

[@jorgeruizibanez2318]

490l/m2 in an hour...😢

[@adnanaslam8414]

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ‎

[@ResolverResolver]

The cause and foundation of the problem is italy and France Paris,Rome,Napolitano,Napoli,America,Rome,Taranto,Torino,Sardegna::

[@June19-s7i]

Electric Vehicles 😮

[@SharkFla81]

Climate change causes every weather event to become more intense and frequent. Not to mention the shift in weather patterns which will create further chaos. We're just paying the price for our own greed.

[@SouthernSultan]

They were warned They did nothing Es ist was es ist

[@wholeness]

Who is "we" what greed do most people have they are poor.

[@SharkFla81]

@@wholeness I think greed is part of our human nature. Being poor doesn't stop us from wanting more (the only difference is the buying power). Even by "just" wanting a simple but comfortable life under nowadays standards requires an immense level of nature disturbance and degradation

[@yonastetemke6109]

may his mercy be up on you! Jesus Saves!

[@janesda]

The link to climate change seems tenuous. 81 people died during the Gran Riuada de Valencia of 1957, which was during the postwar global cooling. After that the Turia River was diverted to the south and much urbanization has taken place to the south and west, so it's not surprising this was the area that suffered the most, when this DANA weather formed and passed by.

[@ygts]

The point is it happens more and more often

[@simonsena1378]

There is always someone who believes himself a scientist.

[@BubblesTheCat1]

Fasten your seat belts. This is only the beginning of the beginning of what's to come in the future 😮

[@donovanphillips4973]

🙏🙏

[@blackolive7561]

😢 very sad From pakistan

[@keirkores]

Not flood but geoengineering. Bots mocking my comment incoming... Stay safe brothers.

[@lazurusknight2724]

"Not flood but geoengineering" is an incomplete sentence and thought. You are being mocked by people AND bots.

[@keirkores]

@lazurusknight2724 too much fluoride buddy. Keep taking your boosters and wearing your mask.

[@FlexiMoro-p2p]

Ah yes, i can see you used the "lalala i cant hear you, and i dont trust anything the goverment says unless it was said by a single mother on facebook" argument, pretty effective.

[@lazurusknight2724]

@@keirkores Life is random, and random is scary, I get it. We use conspiracies to help impose a plan, any plan, on what is honestly a fairly random and often terrifying world. And when that is rejected by science and common sense, we band together in our conspiracy-minded groups, creating not only a sense of security, but a sense of community thats genuinely missing in the modern world. It's a hard thing to break out of, but I believe in you. You will figure out how you are constantly outsmarting yourself, one day.

[@YoutubeIssht]

It’s the worse in a decade so how would you explain the ones a decade ago climate change as well

[@martinawrensch6527]

🙏❤️

[@ArabicReja973]

As of 2022, China 🇨🇳 was by far the world's largest *coal* consumer with 55% of energy use, an increase of 2% of the total energy from the year before. So China is accelerating the use of coal despite it having signed the Paris agreement.

[@ArguZ72]

They also built 10 times as much as renewables as we did... The energy consumption in general is going up, yes, but China is doing something about it WHILE making all our products.

[@kylebaker8502]

China is one of the few countries that are on target to meet their 2030 climate goals.

[@YeTao-i4v]

@ArabicReja973. Look around your room to see what all that Chinese emission was used for.

[@s.m.1354]

GERMANY GOV: The Chinese had a good system for Spain to cope with excessive rain water. They used pumps to fill up a reservoir. In the Spanish mountains this might prove useful. By pumping the source fully into the reservoir, the rivers can deal with excess rain.

[@silvanasanjines1356]

Los chinos pueden tener muy buenas tecnologías pero mientras ese régimen no sea anulado, ningún convenio puede ser posible en paz porque ellos como todos los estado profundos del planeta sólo desean dinero, poder y tiranizar a la humanidad, no me extrañaría que este vil desastre haya sido provocado de alguna manera. Ya sabremos la verdad de este ataque!

[@YoutubeIssht]

Autumn storms more like autumn cloud seeding

[@randwanda8045]

People, time to confess and repent. God's wrath came upon us. We ssinned against Him constantly. Walk away from sins, turn to Jesus, and ask foŕ His forgiveness.

[@jayakumarkaarikuzhy4713]

I read years ago that some places in Spain like Andalucia, Galicia, etc., are very arid areas. The place where Spanish Grandprix conducted also is getting rain once in years.

[@antoniolopezlopez4236]

Galicia arid? its just the oposite. Galicia and Asturias are rainy 2/3 of the year. You speak about the south east of the country. Galicia is in the northwest.

[@jayakumarkaarikuzhy4713]

@antoniolopezlopez4236 Okay, thanks.

[@حل76]

انا ابوس ايدك بس صعدو تعليقي خل يشوفو الناس نحن مسنا الضر وين الامه الاسلاميه بكيت متنا من القهر لمن اشكي انا اختك من يمن والله ماتكلمت الا من جوع ومن ضيق الحال انا وكامل اسرتي تشردنا من بيوتنا بَسَبَبَ الَحَرَبَ نَحَنَ فَيَ حَالَهَ لَايَعَلَمَ بَهَا الَا الَلَهَ حَسَبَنَا الَلَهَ وًّنَعَمَ الَوكيَلَ فَيَ مَنَ اوًّصَلَنَا الَى هَاذا الَحَالَ 💔💔وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ... غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ اخَوًّنَيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 4 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ بَاقَيَ عَلَيَنَا ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 20 الف يمني والان علينا 60 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه اخوتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو ب 500 تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967735867642 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خير الجزاء يا اهل........ن. ، ءء........نا............... الإنسانيه. ..................دددن ،،، ....،،،....ن....،،،،،،ءاءا،،ء،،،ءءء..ءء. ء.......٠٠ .،،،،،،ء. ..،،،،،.....,,,.ر...،ناا.....،.....،..،.ت....،نن......ن...،،،ء..................................

[@joneselmenda5809]

🫶🇮🇱

[@menya00045]

Is it El Nino..?

[@universeslap]

We are in La Nina phase already

[@daviniz007]

DANA

[@andrealcantaradearaujo1896]

It is often observed that Spanish society exhibits strong racial biases.

[@russianpatriot7045]

These are not linked to CLIMATE CHANGE, but to CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING CHANGE!

[@rhwf]

When I was in Valencia last year at this time the cloud seedling was extreme.

[@debrarobinson57]

Spain does not have the street drainage systems that other countries have. It has failed to keep the dry river beds clear. There has been increasing building on flood plains. Add to that ongoing weather manipilation elsewhere , & you don't have to blame ' global warming' for this awful disaster.

[@MarcoAurelio-gy7ok]

Many cities have been flooded and they have clear big rivera to drain the water… the bridge completly destroyed too much water i very little time…many elevated terrains and mountains in the east. So if you are going to come here and trashtalk for things you know very little better carry on and leave us alone

[@debrarobinson57]

I'm just pointing out that there are many factors. I understand your upset, we have similar issues here but our topography is different.

[@Neverforget133]

They them are definitely messing with the weather and bill gates owns the patent for controlling hurricanes 😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅he's such a good guy

[@Marvid236]

it also looks like a worm is controlling your brain.

[@StephenAndMaritha]

There is no they …There is no known technology that can create or steer hurricanes, basic law of thermodynamics. The patents you refer to However, scientists have built machines to create hurricane conditions indoors to better understand hurricanes. Sorry no conspiracy here.

[@bewater8417]

The most important thing is its not happening to me personally.

[@gorishokgo5825]

Btw east germany belongs to ussr so it is pure historically russian land ❤❤

[@tuanoestaenpeligro5701]

potato.

[@likalika8337]

🙈🙈🥲🥲🥲