Over 60 people dead after flash floods in Spain
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The Spanish authorities say that flash flooding has killed at least 62 people and left dozens unaccounted for in Valencia. Some parts of the region have been inundated by a year's worth of rain in just eight hours. Footage shows people clinging to trees as cars float along muddy rivers. At the same time, a major report is released by the Lancet Countdown Project which says that climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st Century.
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(Photo: A man walks amongst the debris after heavy rains caused flooding, in Letur, Spain, 30 October, 2024. Credit: Susana Vera/Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Celia Hatton coming to you live from London. |
| 0:10.0 | We start today focusing on monumental flooding in large parts of Spain following |
| 0:16.4 | torrential rain. One town, Chiva and the Valencia region recorded one years worth |
| 0:22.4 | of rain in just eight hours. The authorities in |
| 0:25.6 | eastern Spain say at least 62 people have now died and dozens are unaccounted for |
| 0:30.9 | in flash floods around Valencia. |
| 0:33.0 | Videos shared on social media show cars floating along swollen muddy rivers. |
| 0:39.0 | Some people are shown clinging to trees or rooftops to avoid being swept away. These local |
| 0:45.6 | residents in Laitour in the neighboring region of Castilla Lamancher |
| 0:49.4 | describe this situation there. |
| 0:51.4 | I have a problem with Agua, as here I've seen here. the situation there. There. A flash flood came down. |
| 0:57.0 | It wasn't raining here, but it came down from the mountains. |
| 1:00.0 | It was already coming down with pine trees, branches and everything at the same time. |
| 1:05.0 | It came down very strongly. |
| 1:07.0 | Yes, it went all the ravine down and one of these bridges broke as the water jumped to the road, |
| 1:12.0 | taking three or four cars with it. |
| 1:14.0 | A house disappeared. A house at the entrance of the town just disappeared |
| 1:20.0 | and there are at least two people who they don't know if they are still missing or not. |
| 1:25.0 | Pilar-Renabe, a government representative for the Valencian region, |
| 1:29.0 | urge people not to go outside. |
| 1:31.0 | Practically all the main roads have been cut off and the |
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