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October 2024 Spain floods

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2024 Spain floods
Aftermath of the floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud, with many wooden structures destroyed, numerous trees downed and much of the area covered with mud
Date29 October 2024 – ongoing
LocationSpain (especially the Valencian Community, Castilla–La Mancha, and Andalusia)
CauseCold drop
Deaths217+
Missing2,000+
Property damage"substantial"

On 29 October 2024, torrential rain caused by an isolated low-pressure area at high levels brought over a year's worth of precipitation to several areas in eastern Spain, including the Valencian Community, Castilla–La Mancha, and Andalusia. The resulting floodwaters caused the deaths of at least 217 people and substantial property damage.[1][2] It is one of the deadliest natural disasters in Spanish history.[3]

Background

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Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period.[4] The 1957 Valencia flood, caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría), significantly overflowed the Túria river. A cold drop in Spain and France describes heavy autumn rains.

The 1957 flood resulted in at least 81 fatalities. In response, the government of Francisco Franco planned to reroute the Túria to the south of Valencia city, three kilometres from its original course.[5] In September 2019, floods killed six people in Vega Baja del Segura. To respond to future floods, the government of Ximo Puig established the Valencian Emergencies Unit (Valencian: Unitat Valenciana d'Emergències; Spanish: Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias). After the 2023 Valencian regional election, the government of Carlos Mazón shut down the unit, which it considered a "superfluous expense".[6]

On 25 October 2024, AEMET meteorologist Juan Jesús González Alemán warned that the upcoming cold drop could become a high impact storm. This was initially ridiculed and the report accused of "alarmism" on the social media platform X by climate change denialists.[7][8]

Ecological factors

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Valencia lies flat around a riverbed on an alluvial plain, which places it at high risk of flooding. When heavy rains coincide with a convective storm during which the sea level tends to rise, the flow is especially disturbed and flood risk is doubled. The areas where it rained the most have not been flooded, but those whose geography is more predisposed to accumulate water, like the peripheral municipalities, but not the city center, where the old riverbed was made into a park, the Turia Garden in 1986.[9]

The second morphological feature are the mountains of the Tertiary period.[10]: 2  Blocked from the continent by the cliffs, the clouds rapidly precipitate.[10]: 4–5  The town Oliva south of Valencia for example has experienced 20 intense floods after 1972.[10]: 3 

The third factor is the intense urbanisation of the coastal area. Impervious surfaces (such as roads and buildings[10]: 5 ) impede water from penetrating the ground.[10]: 12  Water pools on level land,[10]: 17  and is further retained by the metre-high beach ridge.[10]: 11  When runoff is prevented and water gathers, flash flooding results.[10]: 15  Rising sea levels will further increase the drainage time to days or even weeks.[10]: 21 

From 1997-2007 there was intense construction activity, which proved non-sustainable.[citation needed] The unusually high temperature of the seawater after the 2024 summer facilitated the generation of clouds of great vertical travel.[citation needed]

Flooding

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In the Valencian Community

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ECDM map showing rainfall in southeastern Spain during 29-30 October

Starting on 29 October 2024, a cold drop brought drastic flash flooding to southern and south-eastern Spain, primarily in the Valencia region.[11] At 06:42, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) issued an orange weather warning for the south of Valencia. Less than 20 minutes later, the port of Valencia announced it would be shutting down.[12] At 07:36, the AEMET issued a red weather warning for the Valencian interior and upgraded its previous warning to the highest level. By this time, the Plana d'Utiel was already receiving heavy rain.[12] By 10:30, emergency services were rescuing people from their vehicles in Ribera.[12]

Horta Sud (top) and Ribera Alta (bottom), the two main affected comarques of the Valencian Community

At 11:30, the ravine in Chiva overflowed and flooded the municipality;[12] Chiva saw nearly 500 millimetres (20 in) of rainfall during the day.[11] At 11:45, emergency services alerted municipalities along the Magro River. At 12:00, the Magro burst its banks in Utiel,[12] which recorded 200 mm (7.9 in) in rainfall.[13] Utiel mayor Ricardo Gabaldon reported water levels three meters high, leaving several trapped and others missing.[14] At 12:20, emergency services alerted municipalities along the Poyo ravine. By the following hour, affected municipalities lost electricity and telephone services.[12] At noon, the Provincial Deputation of Valencia [es; ca] sent all of its workers home, citing the "very high risk to the population" of the cold drop. By 14:00, all of its offices were closed.[15] The Poyo ravine registered peaks of discharge of about 2,300 m3·s-1 in Paiporta.[16]

At 13:00, Valencian President Carlos Mazón held a press conference to claim the storm would dissipate by 18:00. But by 17:35, emergency services were already issuing alerts regarding the overflow of the Magro and Júcar rivers.[12] At 18:00, the town of Turís recorded 42 mm of precipitation in 10 minutes, and set the new Spanish record with 179.4 mm in one hour.[17] At 18:30, the Poyo burst its banks in Torrent and flooded downstream through several towns in Horta Sud. Many people died, while others sought refuge on the Autovía V-30 [es; ca] or in shopping centres.[12]

At 19:25, surging waters destroyed a bridge in Picanya.[12] It was not until 20:11 that the Generalitat Valenciana issued an ES-alert cell phone warning, advising Valencian citizens to remain indoors. At 20:36, the Spanish government's Military Emergencies Unit (UME) was requested in the Valencian Community.[12] At 21:00, Mazón reappeared to declare the floods an "unprecedented situation".[12] Around midnight on 30 October, Mazón's social media team deleted a tweet claiming the storm would dissipate.[18]

On 30 October 2024, the 1973 New Turia Riverbed surged to capacity, sparing Valencia's city proper.[16]

The South Plan [es; ca] is a new riverbed for the Turia built after the catastrophic 1957 flood, but it only protected the city proper of Valencia from major damage.[19][16] In the ground zero town of Paiporta alone, 62 people died.[20][21] The floods eventually affected all population centers in Horta Sud and most in Camp de Túria and Requena-Utiel.[22][23]

Other regions

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Storm clouds over Andalusia and Extremadura on 1 November 2024

In Andalusia, the storm caused landslides[24][25] and damage to buildings, roads, bridges and agricultural land.[26][27][28] Several people had to be rescued by the Civil Guard.[29] Meteorologists predicted further storms would hit the regions on 31 October 2024.[30]

The Region of Murcia was also flooded, although to a lesser degree than other regions.[31] Flooding also reached the Aragon provinces of Teruel and Zaragoza.[32]

Several videos taken of flash flooding showed civilians holding on to trees to resist the flood's rapid flow, with 30 people in Letur, Castilla–La Mancha trapped by floodwaters.[33] Two dead women and five missing people were reported in the municipality.[34]

Casualties and damage

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The floodwaters killed at least 217 people,[1] including 211 in the province of Valencia,[35][36] two more in Castile–La Mancha[37] and one in Andalusia.[38][39][40] Among them were two men from Colombia and the United Kingdom,[41][42] and two from China.[43] According to AEMET chief climatologist José Ángel Núñez, most deaths occurred in localities with no rain.[44]

At least 2,000 people were declared missing in Valencia as of 3 November,[45] generally based on calls to an emergency number regarding missing family members.[46] Five more are missing in Castilla–La Mancha.[34] Among the missing were 16 members of Spain's Romanian community.[47]

The flooding significantly damaged buildings and infrastructure, sweeping away cars and derailing a high-speed train but not injuring any of its nearly 300 passengers.[33] Across Valencia, 1,800 businesses were destroyed and 4,500 others were damaged.[48]

Aftermath

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The facade of a residential building in Alginet destroyed by the storm
Destruction caused by flooding in parks and streets of Catarroja

Spanish rail operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias is suspending all Valencia rail services until the situation normalizes.[49] This included suspensions for high-speed rail services from Valencia to Madrid, and all commuter train services in Valencia. Moreover, floods and subsequent crashes blocked parts of major highways Autovía A-3/E-901, Autovía A-7/E-15,[50] and other roads.[51] Metrovalencia suspended services, with the lines south of the city particularly badly affected. It was expected that it would take months to restore normal service.[52]

Empty meat shelves in a Mercadona on 31 October in Castellón after panic buying

Twelve flights were diverted from Valencia Airport due to heavy rainfall and winds, while 10 more arrivals and departures there were cancelled.[citation needed] At Málaga Airport, numerous flights were cancelled or rerouted on 29 October,[53] until normal services resumed on 30 October.[29]

With the emergency number saturated by reported incidents, many people asked social media for help for themselves or family members.[54] The Circuit Ricardo Tormo race track in Cheste, Valencian Community was used as a relief centre, but with access roads damaged.[55][56][57] The Valencia MotoGP scheduled on 17 November was cancelled, with organisers planning to hold the event elsewhere.[58] The FIA Formula E Official Test and Women's Test, due on 4–7 November at the circuit, were postponed to 5–8 November at Circuito del Jarama in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid.[59][60][61]

The Valencia municipal government suspended all sports and classes for 30 October.[62] Football games in the Copa del Rey involving teams from the Valencia region on 30 October were postponed a week.[63] The Seville book fair was suspended on 29 and 30 October.[29] Five games in Valencia due on 2 and 3 November were postponed, including Valencia against Real Madrid.[64] Osasuna player Ante Budimir and Girona player Miguel Gutiérrez wore shirts carrying the caption "Be strong Valencia" during their respective La Liga matches on 2 November. The Osasuna squad, which won 1-0 against Real Valladolid, said it dedicated their victory to the flood victims and coach Vicente Moreno, who is from the affected town of Massanassa.[65]

The electric grid suffered serious damage, and natural gas distribution services were precautionarily suspended.[66] The economic loss is expected to break the record of the 1983 Spanish floods.[67]

Over 100 people were arrested for robberies and looting in the aftermath of the floods.[68]

Response

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Valencian government

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The Mazón administration was criticised for its disaster response. Compromís spokesperson Àgueda Micó [es; ca] held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".[69] Mazón's People's Party's leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.[70] However, AEMET's timeline of events contraindicated Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.[71] Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the metereological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.[72] Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.[73]

On 1 November, French Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau reportedly offered firefighters, but Spanish Minister of the Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska rejected them because the Valencian regional government is still managing the crisis without escalating to the central government.[74][75] As of 2 November, the Valencian government has not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum state of emergency available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping legal blame to regional Minister of the Interior Salomé Pradas Ten [es; ca].[76]

Spanish government

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The Spanish government established a crisis committee to coordinate the national response to the disaster, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez publicly noting his monitoring of damage reports and missing persons updates. The Military Emergencies Unit deployed to Valencia to aid rescue efforts. Emergency responders needed helicopters to lift residents in Álora, Andalusia trapped by a nearby swollen river.[49] King Felipe VI expressed his "desolation and concern at the tragedy" and "together with the Queen, we wish to send our condolences to all the families affected who have lost loved ones and who still do not know what happened to their relatives" and held a video conference with the Military Emergency Unit.[77][78] Three days of mourning were declared nationwide, from 31 October to 2 November.[79] Over 30 October and 1 November, about 1,000 Spanish troops gradually deployed to the worst impacted areas.[14] During the first 48 hours of the response, the military rescued 4,800 people and provided aid to 30,000 more. On 2 November, Sánchez deployed 10,000 troops of the Spanish Army to the Valencian Community, in the largest peacetime military deployment in Spanish history.[2]

King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the Valencia region to assess the damage and meet with those impacted on 3 November.[80] On arriving in Paiporta, the retinue was met with protests from the locals and volunteers, who hurled mud and chanted "murderers".[81][82] The King had broken his own security cordon to approach the residents and attempt to talk to them.[83] Queen Letizia was also pelted with mud, after going over to talk to residents.[84] Sánchez left the site after being hit with a shovel in the back and his official car was vandalised.[85] Two bodyguards were injured. A scheduled visit by the delegation later in the day to Chiva was cancelled.[86] The prime minister later downplayed the attack as a "marginal act" and stated in a speech that: "the majority of the population wants a solution, commitments from the institutions, and what they want is to reject and marginalise any kind of violence that can be perpetrated".[87] A volunteer of the extreme right organization "Revuelta" claimed responsibility for the attack.[88]

Other regional governments

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President of the Government of Catalonia Salvador Illa voiced "support and solidarity" to everyone affected. The Support Group for Special Operations [ca] (GRAE) of the Corps of Firefighters of Catalonia was reportedly assembling in Terres de l'Ebre awaiting Valencian Government approval to help. On 30 October, GRAE once sent a medical team but was politically ordered back halfway, prompting GRAE members to decry Valencian regional president Carlos Mazón "prioritizing politics above rescuing and helping victims" but accepting firefighter help from the Community of Madrid and Asturias.[89] On 1 November, after 48 hours of refusing Catalan aid, they were finally allowed in.[90] Navarre and other regional governments also sent numerous resources.[91][92][93] On 2 November it was reported that two Super Puma rescue helicopters from Andalusia were returned home after not being assigned any tasks for two whole days since deployed, with the Junta de Andalucía repeatedly asking the Valencian government to assign them duties.[94][95]

Volunteers

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Queues of volunteers for clean up in Valencia
Volunteers cleaning up in Benetússer, Alfafar and Catarroja

In the days after the flooding, without any government coordination, thousands of Valencian volunteers self-organized to help affected towns; bringing supplies, including food and water, and helping clean up the mud and debris.[96][97][98][99] As the Valencian government had not provided information for how to provide aid, and as police presence in the affected areas was minimal, volunteer groups were created autonomously to provide a response.[97] The Valencian government attempted to discourage volunteer activities due to the danger of using damaged infrastructure,[97] while emergency services requested that volunteers not use vehicles.[97][96] Minister of Health Mónica García advised volunteers to wear personal protective equipment and long clothes, in order to prevent infection by contaminated waters.[100] Municipal governments in the affected areas themselves called for popular support from volunteers; in many towns affected by the floods, Valencian volunteers arrived before the Military Emergencies Unit (UME) or police.[97]

On 1 November, the Mazón government announced the creation of a volunteer platform, in an attempt to centralise the volunteer response.[101] Volunteers that attended the government-organised shifts reported "chaos" and "confusion" among the coordinators over the assignment of tasks and destinations; many volunteers disembarked their assigned buses and instead walked to the affected towns, returning to self-organisation.[102] Seven of the buses transported volunteers to clean up a shopping center, rather than any of the affected villages; the volunteers refused to disembark, with one volunteer saying "we refuse to clean a Zara, we are here to help people."[103] In response to orange weather warnings, on 3 November, the Valencian government imposed restrictions on freedom of movement, in particular setting the number of volunteers authorised to travel to Valencia’s southern suburbs to 2,000 and restricting access to 12 other localities;[104] volunteers disobeyed the restrictions and sought alternative routes to affected towns.[105] The restrictions coincide with the visit of the king and queen to the affected towns.[106]

Climatologists

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German climatologist Friederike Otto of the Centre for Environmental Policy said climate change undoubtedly aggravated the heavy rain.[107] Italian climatologist Stefano Materia also attributed the severity to climate change and called the current Mediterranean a "timebomb".[108] Climate Central analysed the floods to be influenced by rising temperature in the Atlantic Ocean.[109]

See also

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