Spain hit by deadliest floods in decades

[Boomb]

It seems that our planet had enough. Prayers for Spain and its people.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/31/europe/spain-deadly-flash-flooding-wwk-intl/index.html

Spain floods: Nation mourns as death toll soars past 150

At least 158 people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in decades as rescuers race to find victims.

www.bbc.com

Spain floods death toll passes 150 as country begins three days of mourning

People urged to stay at home as more bad weather forecast, with number of dead expected to rise further

www.theguardian.com

 

[Flower2dPeople]

RIP.

158 dead and rising. This is third world problem. Spain, wtf???

 

[davidlemonparty]

RIP.

158 dead and rising. This is third world problem. Spain, wtf???

Spain is pretty third worldy

 

[Busgosu]

The death toll will most likely be at least double than that. You guys know nothing about what is going on down there. No european country would have been ready to deal with the flash floods in Valencia as in one day there was more than a year worth of rain. It probably is the worst storm-related natural disaster in Europe in the last five decades.
What's a real mess is what's going on now, which is shameful.

 

[Darkavius]

It might be just the news coverage but Spain has had some extreme weather the past 2 years. First they went through an extreme drought in 2023 and now extreme flooding this year.

 

[Busgosu]

It might be just the news coverage but Spain has had some extreme weather the past 2 years. First they went through an extreme drought in 2023 and now extreme flooding this year.

South. It has been a bit warmer than usual in the rest of the country, but down south it's been pretty bad. They've been dealing with draught way longer than that btw.

 

[Cerberus87]

RIP.

158 dead and rising. This is third world problem. Spain, wtf???

I've traveled several times to Spain for work in the last 2 years and it feels a lot like a third world country.

 

[Busgosu]

I've traveled several times to Spain for work in the last 2 years and it feels a lot like a third world country.

I know the feel, back when I worked in ships, back in the mid 00s, I was stationed on a cable layer for 6 months in Galveston,TX and got to know the area and it felt like a total shithole. Never seen more homeless, druggies, ran down neighborhoods, ugly and dirty looking streets, insane pollution, worst and most insalubrious beaches ever, fat and awful looking people ...
That's when I realized how the real US is.
Bottom line: you set foot on a shitty area = you make up your mind on how the whole country is

 

[HenryFlower]

I know the feel, back when I worked in ships, back in the mid 00s, I was stationed on a cable layer for 6 months in Galveston,TX and got to know the area and it felt like a total shithole. Never seen more homeless, druggies, ran down neighborhoods, ugly and dirty looking streets, insane pollution, worst and most insalubrious beaches ever, fat and awful looking people ...
That's when I realized how the real US is.
Bottom like: you set foot on a shitty area = you make up your mind on how the whole country is

10 points for insalubrious

 

[SirRealKiller]

We almost had this happen in Minnesota this summer. We got rains like we never had here before and a dam failed, luckily it didn't completely fail and public works people were able to divert some of the water. If not a whole town of 50K people would have seen a flash flood they didn't see coming in time to evacuate.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Spain is pretty third worldy

Europe in general will become 3rd wirdly in the next couples of decades...

 

[Phlog]

One place had a year's worth of rain in 8hrs. That will fuck up anyone.

A large part of the problem is development in the wrong places putting people in harms way, and unprecedented effects of climate change.

It's gonna get worse!