Spain floods: 'Mind-blowing' drone video reveals scale of destruction

[@littlemikeism]

Horrific images. The pain in their voices is heartbreaking. Prayers for you all. Such a beautiful area with beautiful people.

[@Lxz3]

Thank you

[@catalina7383]

The alarm went off at 8pm when there were already bodies floating and dead people trapped in garages

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Hey, we mustn't stop businesses from making profits, right?

[@Mithras444]

I have never seen so many cars piled up like toys! Unbelievable! 😢

[@stockdrifta]

Guess you’ve never watched any japan tsunami videos then

[@johnnyjohn2746]

Praying for Spain.... from the Philippines...

[@vintagepimpage6049]

Our prays are with spain 🇪🇸

[@litsaludgate8759]

Προσευχή😮

[@Reza-y8c]

Spain is so dear to me, I am so sad what happened to the wonderful people of Spain!,

[@Monz805]

Horrific..condolences to everyone in Spain🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@HRHDMKYT]

This is so heartbreaking! Carmen Molina, your own devastation and loss is also crushing and deserving of sympathy and help. Those who lost loved ones, yes, that is the ultimate loss, but it is not a contest. Everyone needs help, the world sympathizes with you all. ❤

[@davidb230]

My wife and I have just managed to get home in the early hours of Saturday morning having been trapped in València airport since Tuesday as we were about to fly home. Our travails are nothing to what they have suffered but much love to the wonderful Valencian people and the gorgeous Valencia. We'll see you again. I do feel they have been let down by their authorities. It was chaos; no information but they are good people who will and are pulling together ❤

[@susantambling527]

Impressive to see all the people come together to help the wider community. Altruism sorely lacking in our times. Thinking of the people of Valencia ❤

[@victorruiz3326]

I live in Valencia. You don't have any idea how terrific the situation is. Corpses in the street, starvation... and the politicians blaming each other with no organization. They're liying about the total number of casualties...

[@classiccasualgaming]

Corpses in the street? You mean those killed by the flood or those corpses from the grave?

[@ocsalevG]

​@@JohnDoe-ip2hx todavía siguen sin luz ni agua, seguro que alguien te puede dar toda la información de la zona si preguntas en Twitter

Spain has always been backward in so many ways. Maybe if they spent as much on water ways as they do on football it would be different.

[@crz8237]

@@classiccasualgamingcan be both

[@victorruiz3326]

​@@classiccasualgamingkilled by the flood, most of them drowned.

[@greggreg2263]

Condolences from Canada🙏. Clean up rebuild comeback stronger than ever 🙏😇🦾

[@italobonetti3652]

Speriamo che lo facciano meglio di 50 anni fa

[@zakariaelalazaar1104]

نحن المغاربة. قلوبنا مع إسبانيا في مِحنتها

[@crackmaquina8731]

​@@JoelGarcia-ez9jq Callate la boca, y respeta lo q desea una persona de corazón, da igual el país del que venga.

[@crackmaquina8731]

Gracias de corazón, en España agradecemos vuestro apoyo❤️

[@JoelGarcia-ez9jq]

@@crackmaquina8731 mira, un payaso, por gente como tú estamos así amigo, dale, dale las gracias.

[@crackmaquina8731]

@@JoelGarcia-ez9jq vaya miserable eres colega, te mandan apoyo sincero personas de un país vecino y tú con tus payasadas políticas q no vienen a cuento, a nadie le interesa cómo tienes la cabeza de comida

[@JoelGarcia-ez9jq]

@@crackmaquina8731 que tengas las pelotas de discutirme esto demuestra una falta de inteligencia muy mala eh, haztelo mirar que lo de rezarle a dios por ayuda no funciona.

[@cathiemac-tp3ff]

To our Spanish friends thoughts and prayers from Scotland. If I could be there I would do my very best to join the hundreds of other volunteers

[@Lxz3]

Thank you ❤

[@lauragg459]

Thank you ❤

[@isabelvr1234]

Thank you ❤lo tendremos en cuenta . ❤

[@vengodelcerro2]

Gracias

[@evettemalgi2457]

Heart breaking. We pray and stand with the people of Spain.

[@brendaknourek1782]

So very sad for this devestation to you folks in Spain. My thoughts and prayers will be with you all for days and weeks and months to come…

[@kwimms]

I'm sure that will help them a lot. God didn't know but thanks to your prayers, he will see what he can do to make things better for them.

[@Lxz3]

Thank you ❤

[@lauragg459]

Thank you sweetie ❤

[@AnonymousCommenter.]

Thoughts and prayers never do anything

[@marjoriecoey3418]

These people are busy cleaning their streets of mud, helping each other. So many misding people and lost ones. What can be done to try to channel so much water? Beautiful Valencia will recover.😢❤

[@acs2735]

God bless Spain 🙏🏻

[@wallybartfay56]

I'm a Canadian on vacation in Spain. Heavy rain and winds, but not too bad on Southern and western coasts in cities like Cadif and Tarifa.

[@valikny]

Different climates. Cadiz has strong winds but more regular rains. In Valencia, Murcia and Alicante, the most destructive rains occur in the Mediterranean after months without rain. It would be our equivalent to Florida and New Orleans of your southern neighbors, bridging the gaps in humidity and wind. 

[@sandya2948]

Heartbreaking. Our hearts are with those lost, killed and left to mourn and recover.

[@Carolb66]

The weather has gone mad these past few weeks, first US now Europe. So very sad. 😢❤

[@PhilLewis-xg7iv]

love from liverpool. so sad it's heartbraking.

[@wadugeank3556]

😢 my heart felt condolence spain my spain brother's. I am very sad.🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🌍🌍😪😪😪

[@nashrafehi1558]

My heart goes to everyone that has to deal with that and the loss of lives

[@Rachels123]

Im so sorry.😢

[@JesusRivera-ck9ic]

Countries sending soldiers right now to fight a war, should send soldiers to help rescue and rebuild Valnecia and affected areas. What a shame this happened to good people.

[@artfrank649]

As an American our hearts go out to the victims of this terrible event we are all praying for you

[@martinjackson2431]

“We’ll go down in history as the first society that wouldn’t save itself because it wasn’t cost effective.” - Kurt Vonnegut

[@RobinJay52]

Monetary system needs to go so USA has to go with it

[@mamo1961]

It is disasters like this that we on the planet must help to prevent! But some don't think we have enough disasters, but must add wars too!

[@coralsanchez5937]

Toda la razón, hay mucho descerebrado por desgracia para la humanidad.Ahora mi país intentará recuperarse, pero después del COVID y ahora esto, la gente va a estar con muy poco ánimo

[@penclaw]

people instead fueling war and join the army should join services that help people, i guess natural disasters will change the course of wars.

[@LostinMIA]

I lived there for 3 weeks. Beautiful city and people! Prayers to all effected.

[@jeffstrong4580]

Sincerest condolences to Spain from South Korea

[@JoaoPessoa-l6l]

Our prayers are with you😭❤️🙏. From the Philippines

[@cindypilchard3886]

Praying for those affected by catastrophic flooding in Valencia. 🙏💔😞

[@larealta]

Pray for spain 🇪🇦from your neibour morocco god bless you .

[@argoitzrazkin2572]

Best editing I've seen so far synthesizing the scale of the devastation and the emotional crush of the people. A second part would be great, maybe showing the helplessness the victims are feeling as of today after 5 days with bad to none ressources management from any administration. Everyone is empathizing with their anger! ❤❤

[@BehindQuantumEvolution]

This is OUR RESPONSIBILITY 🛟

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Making profits comes before stopping climate change.

[@pavanladdad332]

Prayers for you from India 🙏

[@themustar601]

Devastating, I feel so sorry about this for the Molinas and everyone affected

[@8bit_paul]

1:02 thank you for the coverage Global News but please remove the ominous background hum, we don't need the audio cues to know how to feel here.

[@HuplesCat]

The music is awful

[@leafbranch1872]

Welcome to the future people. Lots more like this is headed our way.

[@rajatmalik5734]

Praying for Spain ❤😢

[@gslice8988]

Love and deep prayers 🙏 😢

[@islandgal500]

Have been adding to my large food storage pantry with processed, frozen, dehydrated and vacuum sealed foods this month and thinking how useless my stash would be in a situation like this or the Tsunami zone I am in. It would all be lost. My preparation would only be good if the flow of supplies stopped in my remote area and not much else. Thinking of these people.

[@eh1702]

On the other hand, it might not be a tsunami. It could be a freakish snow dump that immobilises things for weeks, or a landslide that washes away important infrastructure. But I wouldn’t count on being able to keep the frozen stuff frozen at the wrong time of year.

[@Timbata001]

Praying for you Spain

[@woozie_tv]

THis is so sad. Prayers for the ones that lost their lives. Hope they can recover. I wonder what the government could do different that they aren't currently receiving like that guy said. Its just so sad.

[@LaPizarraDeYuri]

The problem is that the infrastructure ---roads, bridges, you name it--- has been destroyed. Stuff can only be taken to people in large amounts after some initial repairs, which are being done, but it takes some time and needs to be done sector by sector. It's over half a million people living in the impacted areas and helicopters alone can't do all the heavy lifting.

[@infodinamikasellular6506]

Semoga saudara-saudaraku di Valencia lekas membaik Alam sudah memperingatkan kita dengan tanda tandanya

[@jackielehman8945]

All the lives and food lost, omg this is horriffic.

[@kwimms]

Really? Is it? Thank God for your comment or we wouldn't have known. Wasn't much of the food just pieces of dead animals that they'd murdered for "food"???

[@penclaw]

there probably will be more dead but compare it to 2023 Turkey earthquake which took approx 41,000 lives

[@jaynescott8844]

Devastating. Our thoughts and prayers go out to each and everyone of you. ❤

[@Reza-y8c]

What a tragedy! This is so hard to watch!

[@sammy5024]

I remember in Louisiana I lost everything but not my life and I got up again.

[@SebastianS-dt2fh]

I now live in Spain and remember as a kid living in Florida when Katrina hit as a tropical storm, later turning into the monster that destroyed New Orleans...

[@ramzeekikomeko2697]

May Allah calm the situation in Spain.

[@cralo2569]

i feel their pain, as my home was underwater for a whole month back in may in brazil. a few pets died, the others survived. lost a lot of furniture, electronics, etc...

[@michellemccarthy3702]

I'm so sorry my sincere condolences to all 🙏

[@shriradhakrishnakripa]

Heartbreaking 💔 . condolences

[@svetlanak3449]

Stoicism for the people of Spain.

[@kd_azrul8648]

Pray for Spain 🇲🇾

[@Cori-se9ww]

So sad. Love and healing from the US.

[@freelow3266]

I have to visit Spain

[@tessaburkhamer3856]

Sending love from the US / WNC 💔

[@JavierNarvaezjnarvx]

The Turia river had been diverted from city center Valencia during Franco. Several damms built to regulate flods. Some of which were demolished as of lately.

[@LaPizarraDeYuri]

Liar. No dam was demolished. And the Francoist diversion of the Turia is what has thrown the flood against the shout of the metropolitan area and killed way more people than in 1957.

[@watnoudan]

Its so much worse than people think. Unbelievable.

[@Carla-fd9nc]

My gosh i feel for them do much ❤ disaster 😩

[@mariloufuerte1818]

Lord have mercy.

[@ajmk22]

Dear lord... that is unfathomable.....

[@wolfiespups4007]

Thank you father

[@aceace4660]

Man said “every two to four years we have to start over”. Hence why Insurance companies are cancelling homeowners polices in the USA and saying MOVE far inland

[@lillyess385]

The images and the emotions are painful but what caused it? Excessive rain? Did damns overflow? That type of info would have been helpful

[@DEATHKYOKU]

It rained more than a years worth of rain in less than 8 hours, there were tornadoes and hail the size of golf balls. In Some of those places it didn't even rain. It was the water coming from other cities reaching their villages like a Tsunami of water, dirt and debriss carrying cars, trees, masonry and even boats. The strength of the water carried away bridges with cars crossing them in a few seconds it all went too fast. People were caught unaware, by the time the alarm reached people's phones they were already in the middle of the flood.

[@ich6636]

🥺 there are no words to be told ...

[@LeilaAlaoui-rn4gd]

we love you from Morocco we have same blood even diffrents religions Spain were andlous moroccan and canaries today are spain. but for ever we are united more the divided. love From MOROCCO FES CITY

[@angelojumped]

Stop funding useless wars, help communities locally and fix climate globally

[@account00145]

Fratelli spagnoli 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇮🇹🇮🇹 siamo uniti

[@gurdeepsingh1616]

Very sad

[@VeiledFlameAlchemist]

At least BP/Shell are making record profits! /s

[@S0_Rhyn]

Oh, that's nothing compared to the weaponry industry. There are wars everywhere artificially created by the big corporations yet they point their miserable fingers at us for not giving up on our life style

[@charlesleano826]

Horrendous...taught these scenes can only be seen on movies...prayers to all affected by this calamity

[@vet137]

Jesus we have been warmed and now it is HERE for good, Burn Baby? Drill baby what?

[@BrentRyley]

Ask the members of your local petroleum clubs if they’re gonna keep fighting the science they should pickup the tab on damages. Why should regular people keep paying for the damage they fight and cause! Where are the lawyers with intelligence, integrity and purpose or is it just wishful thinking.

[@nathbaklawa5304]

God protect Spain and all countries devastated by natural catastrophies and war

[@briantxfazoli]

love to Valencia from America

[@56Tyskie]

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world 🙏 ✝️

[@oleavillaproject-renovatio6894]

So sad. Sending love from Australia. 🙏

[@LimitedIQ]

At least in Spain, they did not cover up the numbers of deaths caused by the flood like Polish government did by saying that who ever drowned in the car is a victim of the car accident😔

[@Endurorodzndubz]

Don"t push mud down the drains.

[@ivermektin6874]

Flat dried out plains due to over farming, a recipe for flash flooding in a 10 year storm.

[@LaPizarraDeYuri]

That's not the case of Valencia. Flash flooding has always happened in the area because of a mix of complex geography, an alluvial plain too close to the mountains, and the Mediterranean cold drop, a characteristic weather phenomenon in the area, that is now supercharged by high temperatures.

[@mck59er]

Human drivin climate change lol

[@nmacesic1]

Couple of powerful evel people

[@Anton-tf9iw]

Remove dams for "ecology", build in river flood plains and you get flooding.

[@gillianforrester558]

" Human driven climate change ..." dont build on or near to flood plains.. use these areas for parks, not for homes.

[@francom6230]

Nooo.. they removed dams uphill.. THEN It rained.. Stupid uniformed emotional alarmists removed the smart structures of the smart engineers 🙄

[@vgam]

@@francom6230 That's not true.

[@nickjamiemaolivera521]

Condolence from Malaysia

[@HenriqueTavares]

And we still hear people saying climate change isn't real! My God! 😑

[@chris12carp]

Floods have been happening since the beginning of time

[@vgam]

@@chris12carp Climate change increases the likelihood of the floods and the potential damage. Higher temperature on the surface -> more warm air holding more water vapor -> this water vapor interacting with the cold air from the DANA (which is a "bag" of cold air higher on the atmosphere) = more heavy rains and storms and floods.

[@Subjectno23]

@vgam ​This has happened in Valencia 75 times since the 1300's. Was it due to climate change back then? ​

[@vgam]

@@Subjectno23 Read my comment again (and pick a science book, it will help you also to learn to read): Climate change increases the likelihood of the floods and the potential damage. Higher temperature on the surface -> more warm air holding more water vapor -> this water vapor interacting with the cold air from the DANA (which is a "bag" of cold air higher on the atmosphere) = more heavy rains and storms and floods.

[@paulshanesmith]

This has happened for hundreds of years, the difference is that until more recently mankind wasn't stupid and arrogant enough to build on the flood plains.

[@lannguyen-pu1db]

Looks like that rain water has an extreme hatred for cars. How many of them cars were occupied at the moment of impact with the waters?

[@Maatkara1000]

Quite a few. Just today they were searching for a family that got trapped by the flash flood in their car - they've only found the father's body. Death toll is already 220 and it's expected to rise significantly as more missing people are found and as the water is pumped out of underground places such as parking lots

[@litsaludgate8759]

😢😢Κρίμα η φύσει διαμαρτυρία έκανε 😢 Τρομερό χαθήκαν άτομα φρίκη 😮 Ο θεός να σας δώσει δύναμη κουράγιο ελπίδα της ανάστασης Ιωάννης 5 28 29 πίστη το γράφει το κατά Ιωάννη ευαγγέλιο

[@krishankantakaushik]

Shocking and we are praying for their well being.

[@houseofdiamonti]

Thinking that going green and driving EV’s is going to prevent natural disasters like this is simply ignorant.

[@ShockingOnes]

Check the incredible footage this natural catastrophe has left. Flash flooding from storms inundated villages and piled vehicles into narrow streets in Spain's Valencia region, killing dozens of people, mud-filled roads damaged towns, and people being rescued from flooded homes.

[@johnveerkamp1501]

NATURE IS ANGRY !!!!!!!!!!!

[@incipidsigninsetup]

There's a weird expectation that the government should be able to swoop in and fix things right away. A major disaster like this is too big, the roads are unsurpassable, there are too many people that need help and many of the same people they expect to come save them are seeing to their own families. Getting through these types of disasters has to be planned and orchestrated at a community level first.

[@catalina7383]

Our minister, in an arrogant tone, told the volunteers who were going to the villages to help and give food and water to move so that they would not "obstruct" the aid. (What aid? No one has come and no one has been seen.) If it were not for the neighbors who walked 6 hours to reach the most affected villages to give basic products, medicines and food and above all WATER, the people would not have survived. The Government is no longer expected.

[@HuplesCat]

As the others have pointed out in this case the government is trying to regain control by not allowing the community to organize and respond while the government cannot effectively do so

[@jcaral4171]

Thank you

[@raljix1566]

wow - thats reallty bad, the clean up is going to be horrendous

[@openureyes]

Omg that's shocking

[@JohnJohn-cu7nk]

The GUY interviewed ,said that floods happen here every 4 years or sometimes more often.

[@Maatkara1000]

Yes, they do. Normal floods that end up being 50 cm tall, that cover the ground with mud and that sweep away trash cans. What does NOT happen is flash floods that end up being 3-4 meters tall, that deliver widespread destruction due to the water's volume and speed, that turn underground parkings, first floors, storage sites, cars, etc into death traps, that drag away thousands of cars -some with entire, now missing families inside-, and that end up spewing people's dead bodies to surrounding beaches five days after sweeping those people away.

[@DkWen]

Droughts and floods are increasingly frequent due to climate change, resulting in more extreme weather events. It’s crucial to understand that a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions is methane from ruminant animals, which has a greenhouse effect 28 times greater than carbon dioxide. Additionally, nitrous oxide from livestock farming has a greenhouse effect 298 times greater than carbon dioxide. By reducing meat consumption and increasing our intake of plant-based foods, we can all play a part in combating climate change and protecting our planet.”

[@Bethlehem-su8qv]

THE 4 WHEELED COFFINS

[@joho9815]

This could happen anywhere. We have to take constructive action about climate change.