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OPINION - The Standard View: Flash floods in Spain raise spectre of climate resilience

In one town in the Valencia region of Spain, a year’s worth of rain fell in eight hours. At least 51 people are known to have died in flash floods, but that number is almost certain to rise. Video footage shows people clinging on to their lives, bridges being washed…

Evening Standard

Flash Floods In Spain Claim At Least 62 Lives

Flash floods in southeastern Spain claim lives as intense rainfall causes chaos and destruction. Authorities warn of rising death toll and ongoing challenges.

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Spain floods latest: Dogs being used in search for missing people as ‘stick-wielding’ vigilantes patrol streets

Flooding that killed at least 217 people, mostly near Valencia, dumped rain on Barcelona on Monday

The Independent UK

At least 95 people dead in Spain’s worst floods in three decades

Soldiers aid search for dozens still missing as prime minister warns extreme weather may not be over

The Guardian - UK

Spain floods: Year of rain in a single day claims 64 lives with three days of national mourning

Dramatic footage shows floodwater churning through streets and sweeping away cars

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Bodies Found As Torrential Rains Slam Spain

Several bodies have been recovered by emergency service workers in Spain's eastern region of Valencia after torrential rains triggered flash floods, the head of the regional government said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Dead bodies found after torrential rain brings flash flooding to Spain

Unspecified number of bodies found as flood waters push cars through streets, closing roads and cancelling train services in Valencia

The Guardian - UK

Climate Change-worsened Floods Wreak Havoc In Africa

Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria.

International Business Times

More than 120 die in Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines with Vietnam braced for destruction

Two months’ worth of rain in 24 hours overwhelmed flood controls

Evening Standard

Philippine Rescuers Battle Floodwaters To Reach Stranded

Rescuers in the northern Philippines raced Saturday to reach people still stranded in areas made inaccessible by flooding from Tropical Storm Trami, which has displaced nearly half a million people and killed at least 87.

International Business Times

North Carolina Couple Credits God After Surviving Hurricane Helene on Floating Couch: 'We Shouldn't Be Alive'

The couple said they held on as they drifted along the Cane River on the couch, and grabbed a barbed wire fence to climb to safety.

Latin Times

Tropical Storm Leaves Towns Submerged, 76 Dead In Philippines

Homeowners in the northern Philippines used spades and rakes to clear out debris left by Tropical Storm Trami on Friday while rescuers trawled through thick mud looking for the missing as the death toll rose to 76.

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Al Jazeera

Hurricane Helene damage estimated at $53bn, as US relief bill passes

North Carolina lawmakers have passed almost $900m in disaster relief, but that’s still way short of likely cost.

Dynamite News

Navy prepares for Cyclone Dana landfall; Two ships ready for relief

With Cyclone Dana expected to make landfall anytime on Thursday, in Odisha and West Bengal, the Navy is prepared to conduct any Humanitarian Assistance. Read further on Dynamite News:

AAP

Insurer's disaster claims running well under budget

Insurer IAG had relatively fewer natural peril claims in the first quarter of 2024/25, but CEO Nick Hawkins says everyone realises how quickly that can change.

The Independent UK

North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B

North Carolina officials say the catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene is likely to have caused at least $53 billion in damages and recovery needs in the state

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The Independent UK

Mapped: Tropical storm Trami wreaks havoc in Philippines and leaves 26 people dead

Thousands of people remain marooned in their homes

International Business Times

Seven Dead, Thousands Evacuated As Tropical Storm Batters Philippines

Philippine rescuers waded through chest-deep floodwaters Wednesday to reach residents trapped by Tropical Storm Trami, which has killed seven people and forced thousands to evacuate as it barrels toward the east coast.

Radio France Internationale

Climate change worsened deadly floods in African regions, scientists say

Devastating rains that triggered floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months – killing hundreds of people and displacing millions – were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists announced Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

Global warming worsening deadly flooding in Africa, warn scientists

Africa is bearing the brunt of climate change despite producing tiny percentage of global emissions.

The Guardian - US

North Carolina farms face depleted, toxic soil after historic Helene flooding

In the mountainous area near Asheville, affected growers must now replenish water-logged and often tainted land

The Guardian - US

‘We were not prepared’: three weeks in a small town devastated by Hurricane Helene

Gerton, North Carolina, population 250, was badly hit by the storm. Emma Churchman describes how the community came together in the aftermath

The Independent UK

New Mexico authorities rescue hundreds after flooding strands many in high water and leaves 2 dead

Authorities in New Mexico have rescued hundreds of people in the Roswell area after record rainfall produced severe flooding over the weekend

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