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People walk through a street with piled furniture and rubbish on the sides in an area, affected by floods, in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Video. 'Bot' accounts swamp Spanish social media with misleading flood claims

Updated: 18/11/2024 - 16:00 GMT+1

As Spain reels from its worst flooding in decades, misleading posts about DANA — the phenomenon that caused it — have been going viral on social media.

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