PHOTO COLLECTION: Spain Floods
This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
Nearly 200,000 people in western Japan were urged to evacuate on Saturday as authorities warned of landslides and floods, while the remnants of a tropical storm trickle over the country.Forecasters warned that landslides and floods could affect western Japan on Saturday and eastern Japan on Sunday.
The full horror of the flash flooding in Spain began to emerge on Friday, just as new rainfall lashed southern parts of the country.
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Heavy rains and high winds lashed Taiwan on Thursday as the largest storm to hit the island in nearly three decades made landfall along its southeast coast, killing at least one person and injuring dozens.
Workers cleared fallen trees and shop owners swept up debris in Taiwan on Friday after one of the biggest typhoons to hit the island in decades claimed at least two lives.Kong-rey was the same strength as Typhoon Gaemi, which was the most powerful storm to hit Taiwan in eight years when it made landfall in July, but Kong-rey's radius of 320 kilometres made it the biggest in nearly three decades.
Death toll expected to keeping rising as Spain’s worst flood-related disaster in modern history sweeps across region of Valencia
At least 158 people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in decades as rescuers race to find victims.
Scores of people have died in Spain as country hit by deadliest floods in decades
Spain is reeling from its worst flooding in decades, after a year’s worth of rain fell in just hours this week in the country’s southern and eastern regions.
Flooding has severly impacted the Valencia region, with more rain on the way in the the southwest in Huelva
Satellite images and on-the-ground photos show the scale of destruction caused by the floods.
Floods left cars piled up like toys in streets, swallowed homes, and covered entire neighbourhoods in sludge as authorities report 202 fatalities
‘Everyone in the town of Paiporta knows of someone who has died’
Some came armed with mops and buckets, pick-axes or shovels, others carried bottles of drinking water and bags of food. Thousands of volunteers of all ages, walks of life and different nationalities showed up on Friday in Spain's eastern Valencia region to help with clean-up efforts after catastrophic floods that have killed at least 205 people. "To Paiporta, to help," answered a group of young men, walking briskly, when asked where they were headed, referring to one of the hardest-hit suburbs of the regional capital, Spain's third-biggest city.
The pictures of the smiling toddlers on the wall somehow survived. Most everything else in the daycare — the cradles, the highchairs, the toys — was ruined when a crushing wall of water swept through Paiporta, turning the Valencia municipality of 30,000 into the likely epicenter of Spain's deadliest natural disaster in living memory. “We have lost everything,” Xavi Pons told The Associated Press.
Firefighters in Alzira, Spain, rescued a couple and their two dogs on Tuesday, October 29, as torrential rain caused devastating flooding in the Valencian community.Footage released by Bombers Consorci VLC on Thursday shows firefighters moving through chest-high floodwaters and rescuing a couple and their dogs from their home.At least 158 people were killed and dozens remained missing following the flooding, according to news reports. Credit: Bombers Consorci VLC via Storyful
More than 200 people are dead and dozens more still missing after torrential rain earlier this week.
The news rippled through Treasure Island, Florida, almost like a third storm: The mayor planned to move off the barrier island a month after Hurricane Helene flooded tens of thousands of homes along the Gulf Coast and two weeks after Hurricane Milton also ravaged the state. Mayor Tyler Payne's home had been flooded and damaged beyond repair, he explained in a message to Treasure Island residents, and he and his husband can't afford to rebuild. “While it pains my heart to make this decision in the midst of our recovery from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, this is the best decision for me and my family,” Payne, who had held the office for more than three years and was a fourth-generation Treasure Island resident, said Monday.
VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) -The deadliest flash floods in Spain's modern history have killed at least 214 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. In a televised statement, Sanchez said the government was sending 5,000 more army troops to help with the searches and clean-up in addition to 2,500 soldiers already deployed. "It is the biggest operation by the Armed Forces in Spain in peacetime," Sanchez said.
A ride-hailing driver recounted Friday how he had narrow escape when a huge tree smashed onto his vehicle as Typhoon Kong-rey swept over Taiwan, also sweeping away metal roofs and sending landslides onto roads and railway tracks and into houses. Two people died, four people are missing and 580 others were injured by Kong-rey in Taiwan. Kong-rey, which is a Cambodian name, was heading northeast along the coast with winds of 83 kilometers (52 miles) per hour and could make landfall in Zhejiang province before veering back out to sea, the National Meteorological Center said.