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Global News Podcast

Spain floods: dozens killed in Valencia

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

More than 70 people have died in Spain after the country’s worst flooding in decades. Also: China has successfully launched its youngest-ever astronauts into space, and are animals more fond of alcohol than we thought?

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:05.0

I'm Jean Nut Jalil and at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday the 30th October,

0:10.0

these are our main stories.

0:12.0

Dozens have been killed by flash flooding in Spain

0:15.0

with some areas inundated by years worth of rain in just eight hours.

0:20.0

The European Union imposes hefty tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles.

0:26.0

As famine looms over Sudan, the World Food Programme appeals to the world to do more to end the devastating civil war there.

0:37.0

Also in this podcast? As China successfully sends its youngest ever astronauts into space, we get rare access to their launch base and Australian police recover

0:55.6

40,000 stolen rare coins linked to the children's TV show Bluey.

1:12.2

Terential rain has caused flash flooding in Spain, killing more than 60 people in the southeastern region of Valencia.

1:14.0

In the town of Cheva, a tourist hotspot, more than a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours.

1:20.7

Videos posted online show cars floating along swollen muddy rivers and

1:25.5

some people hanging onto trees or roofs to avoid being swept away.

1:30.3

These residents described what they saw.

1:33.0

A flash flood came down from the mountain,

1:38.0

bringing pine trees branches and everything at the same time.

1:41.0

It went through the ravine breaking one of these

1:43.9

bridges and took three or four cars with it. A house at the entrance of the town just

1:49.7

disappeared. There are at least two people. They just don't know if they're still missing or not.

1:55.0

Tens of thousands of homes are without electricity.

1:59.0

Trains have been cancelled, schools closed and other essential services suspended.

2:04.1

The military helped to evacuate communities and is also helping with

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