Why did Spain's flash flood warning come so late?
More than a year’s worth of rain fell in southern Spain in barely eight hours on Tuesday.
It caused devastation. By Thursday the death toll had reached 155 with an unconfirmed number of people still thought to be missing.
Valencia appears to be the worst hit city; the images of cars piled up on narrow residential streets and videos of torrents of muddy water sweeping away all before it were unprecedented scenes in the European city. People of all ages died when they were trapped in their cars or homes or simply swept away by the sheer force of the water.
Valencia has experienced significant…
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