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Spain unites in massive aid effort after devastating floods

As Valencia battles the aftermath of one of Spain's worst floods, young volunteers are using social media to organise aid, while food banks coordinate the distribution and collection of donations to support affected communities.

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Valencia officials rule out resignations over flood response

The catastrophe started on 29 October when torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia, with some areas receiving a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours.

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EIB allocates €900 million for recovery of Spain's flood-hit regions

The aid model follows the rapid response approach used by the EIB after the floods in Central Europe last September.

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Spain floods: 89 people still missing after deadly disaster

Spanish authorities issued their first tally of the missing on Tuesday when a Valencia court said that 89 people are confirmed to be unaccounted for.

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No Comment: Aid on the ground slow to arrive in flood-hit areas

The situation in the Valencia region remains dramatic, with aid slow to arrive in the areas that need it.

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Spain's government approves extensive relief package for flood victims

The package includes direct payments of €20,000 to €60,000 to owners of damaged homes.

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‘These cars kill Valencians’: Activists deface SUVs in climate protest

If SUVs were a country they’d be the fifth biggest world polluter, according to campaigners seeking to steer them off our roads.

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No Comment: Search for survivors under way in Spanish car parks

In the hope of finding missing victims of the recent floods, around fifty Spanish soldiers, police and firefighters inspected an underground car park in Valencia on Monday.

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Desperate rescue efforts continue in Valencia’s flooded car parks

Emergency services are intensifying their efforts to locate victims in a flooded underground car park in Aldaia.

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Troops search for more flood victims in Valencia amid rail disruption

Last week's massive floods in the southern European country killed over 200 people, with many still missing. Search efforts continue amid anger at authorities.

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Rescue teams drain underground garages in search for missing people in Valencia

Sánchez said a total of 10,000 additional soldiers to join rescue efforts at the request of Valencia’s president, Carlos Mazón.

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Volunteers arrive to clean up 'ground zero' town of Paiporta

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also asked for support from the European Union to help Spain recover from what he called, "the most serious flooding that our continent has seen so far this century."

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Spanish PM asks EU for help as country suffers aftermath of catastrophic floods

Pedro Sanchez: "I know that we have to do better and that we have to give our all, but I also know that we have to do it together."

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Why disaster relief in Europe often comes too late

The EU Solidarity Fund was created to provide rapid assistance during disasters. But for many of those affected, such as Klaus Feuser, that support is often out of reach, blocked by bureaucracy and budget limits.

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Catastrophic flooding in Spain leaves widespread destruction

The severe flooding wreaked havoc in parts of Spain, leaving cars piled on top of each other, uprooting trees, and coating power lines in heavy layers of mud.

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Catastrophic floods in Spain linked directly to climate change

From drought that killed a quarter of a million in the Horn of Africa and heatwaves in Europe that cost some 90,000 lives to what may be the deadliest floods in Spain’s modern history – new analyses draw a direct link between ever more frequent extreme weather and climate change.

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Is the EU prepared for more and more floods?

Floods are the most common and most costly natural disasters in Europe. They are becoming more frequent due to climate change. What is Europe doing to anticipate and limit the damage?

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Von der Leyen pledges EU support to Spain amid devastating floods

The European Commission president told reporters in Brussels that the EU will assist in coordinating rescue efforts through its Copernicus geo-monitoring satellite system.

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One dead after tropical storm Trami hits the Philippines

Tropical storm Trami brought heavy rainfall to the eastern Philippines, causing severe flooding that left one person dead and seven others missing.

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A floating farm in Rotterdam meets the climate crisis head-on

A project that houses cows in a floating barn aims to demonstrate how farming can change its relationship with water and energy.