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Spain sends 1000 troops to Valencia after flood survivors left clinging to lampposts
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Latest news on floods in Spain as another 500 soldiers are sent to help with the floods in Valencia as anger stirs over government response.

The fire brigade, which are part of a search and rescue unit, carry out work as cars and debris block a tunnel Another 500 soldiers have been sent to help with the devastating floods in Valencia after survivors claim they feel left to fend for themselves. More than 200 people have been killed and 2,000 are missing after catastrophic flooding hit the Spanish city, with the death toll expected to rise.

November 1, 2024 1:26 pm Has Spain experienced severe flooding like this before? Sarah Hooper The floods and mud have devastated towns in ValenciaReutersFloods of this magnitude have not happened in Spain in recent memory, making this storm a historic one. Scientists link it to climate change, which is also behind increasingly high temperatures and droughts in Spain and the heating up of the Mediterranean Sea.

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