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PARTS of eastern Spain are bracing for torrential weather after the state meteorological agency issued a rare red alert for heavy rainfall – indicating an ‘extreme risk’ to life. The red weather alert is in effect for the entire Valencia coast, as well as Valle del Almanzora y Los Velez (in Almeria). READ MORE – Orange Alert for 10 metre …

Spanish authorities have announced that they will teach children as young three years old how to deal with environmental disasters, in order to counteract the impact of climate change. The plan comes following a twelve-month period overshadowed by a mass of forest fires across the countryside and the torrential DANA storm in Valencia that claimed the lives of more than …

Residents of Catalunya were sent an alert on their phones to prepare for the torrential DANA that is expected to hit the region.  The message sent by Catalan Civil Protection was sent at 2.30pm local. It reads: “CECAT – Risk of flooding until 9pm due to torrential downpour.” Avoid travelling and outdoor activities. Avoid areas with low lying or flooding, …

The former Valencian Emergencies minister has stated that President Carlos Mazon didn’t delay the sending out of an emergency flood text warning on October 29, Salome Pradas appeared before a Catarroja judge on Friday as part of an investigation into the response from the regional government in the wake of the flooding that killed 228 people. Along with Emilio Argüeso- …

The Valencia floods of October 2010 claimed the life of a GRANADA resident who was reported missing in 1984. Miguel Morales (72), was officially declared deceased in 2016, however, his body was discovered by flood torrents in a Quart De Poblet orange grove in November. Sara, his daughter, said: “The Guardia Civil contacted us in mid November because no one …