Heavy Rains Hit Spain, Still Reeling From Deadly Flooding
Emergency workers continued the search for victims of last week’s flash floods, while a national debate raged over who was to blame for the catastrophe.
Another 500 troops sent to Valencia amid anger over flooding response
Reuters A further 500 soldiers are being deployed to the Valencia region amid criticism of local authorities over their response to the catastrophic flooding that has hit Spain in recent days. More than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalities in and around Valencia, but the death toll is expected to continue […]
Spain Braces for More Rain and Flooding as Rescuers Dig Through Debris
The authorities said dozens of people were still missing, as forecasters warned of new flooding in the southwest of the country.
Sorrow and Pain in a Spanish Town Devastated by Flooding
More than 60 people were killed as floodwaters roared through Paiporta. “We are alive,” one woman said. “But we have lost everything.”
What is DANA, the strange weather phenomenon that has caused deadly flooding in Spain?
A strange weather phenomenon known as a DANA has caused catastrophic flash flooding in Valencia, Spain, this week. More than 155 people have died and dozens remain missing in what meteorologists are calling one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory. On Tuesday (Oct. 29), some areas received the equivalent of a year’s worth […]
Rescue operations after flooding causes chaos in Spain
Dozens people are known to have died after torrential rain caused devastating flash floods in south-eastern Spain. Footage uploaded to social media shows floodwaters causing chaos, knocking down bridges and dragging cars through the streets. In the town of Chiva near Valencia more than a year’s worth of rain fell in just eight hours and […]
AI Slop Is Flooding Medium
Some Medium writers and editors do applaud the platform’s approach to AI. Eric Pierce, who founded Medium’s largest pop culture publication Fanfare, says he doesn’t have to fend off many AI-generated submissions and that he believes that the human curators of Medium’s boost program help highlight the best of the platform’s human writing. “I can’t […]
California Is Flooding School Cafeterias With Vegan Meals—and Kids Like It
Student nutrition directors like Primer say the foundation that allows schools to experiment with new recipes is California’s universal free lunch program. She notes that, when school lunch is free, students are more likely to actually try and enjoy it: “Free food plus good food equals a participation meal increase every time.” Nora Stewart, the […]
Five surprising ways that trees help prevent flooding
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Think of flood prevention and you might imagine huge concrete dams, levees or the shiny Thames barrier. But some of the most powerful tools for reducing flood risk are far more natural and widely recognizable: woodlands and green spaces. Trees offer much more than beauty and oxygen. Here’s how trees help […]
Live updates: Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Sarasota, as Florida sees flooding and tornadoes
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has warned residents to stay in place as Hurricane Milton makes landfall as a Category 3 storm, bringing with it flooding and tornadoes.