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Valencia floods: mayor pledges legal action over crisis response | Floods

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Paiporta, one of the hardest-hit towns in Spain’s Valencia floods, is grappling with devastation, more than 200 deaths, and rising public anger. Accusations of political negligence have led to protests and demands for accountability from regional leader Carlos Mazon, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, and even the monarchy. In this episode, Paiporta’s mayor, Maribel Albalat Asensi, […]

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Spain floods: Is Europe prepared for climate change? | Business and Economy

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Spain’s devastating floods have raised concerns about EU preparedness for climate change. It is Spain’s worst natural disaster in recent history and some scientists are linking it to global warming. Devastating floods across the eastern region of Valencia have destroyed roads, railways, other infrastructure and businesses. Recovery efforts are still under way, but the total

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After Spain’s Deadly Floods, Search for the Missing Grows Desperate

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Some families in Spain were planning funerals on Tuesday, days after their relatives’ bodies were found in the aftermath of floods that killed at least 217 people. Others were still waiting for news, caught between grief and hope that a missing relative could still be alive somewhere in the muck. A full week after the

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Six dead after record rain causes floods in Japan’s Ishikawa

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Six people have been killed and 10 others are missing after record rainfall caused floods and landslides in parts of Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture. The cities of Wajima and Suzu, which are still recovering from a deadly earthquake that devastated the area on 1 January, are among the hardest hit by the deluge, which began on

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Danube waters reach parliament’s steps as Storm Boris floods Hungary

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Workers use sandbags to block water as the worst floods to hit Central and Eastern Europe in at least two decades kill 24. The Danube River has peaked at a 10-year high in a heavily fortified Budapest with its water reaching the steps of parliament, after deadly Storm Boris lashed Europe. Torrential rains and strong

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Japan orders thousands to evacuate quake-hit region as rains trigger floods

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A dozen rivers burst their banks in Ishikawa where the meteorological agency issued its highest alert level. Japanese authorities have told tens of thousands of people to evacuate the earthquake-hit region of Ishikawa as “unprecedented” rains triggered floods and mudslides. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Saturday issued its highest alert level for Ishikawa and

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Hundreds killed in floods as Typhoon Yagi wreaks havoc in Myanmar | Floods News

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Floods brought on by Typhoon Yagi have killed at least 226 people in Myanmar, state media have reported. The death toll could rise with several dozen people missing, state media said on Tuesday. Yogi, which swept across the region over the past week or so, battered the central provinces of the conflict-torn Southeast Asian country.

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Europe floods: Death toll rises as Storm Boris wreaks havoc – DW (English)

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Europe floods: Death toll rises as Storm Boris wreaks havoc  DW (English) Central Europe braces for further flooding ‘apocalypse’ as death toll rises  Reuters What We Know About the Deadly Floods in Central Europe  The New York Times 10,000 Asked To Leave: Floods Hit Czechia, Poland  The Weather Channel Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe  The

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Floods in northeastern Nigeria affect one million people | Floods News

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Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has killed at least 30 people and affected more than one million others, the authorities have said. The collapse of the Alau dam on the Ngadda river in Borno State on Tuesday caused some of the state’s worst flooding since the same dam collapsed 30 years ago, and prompted residents

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