While scientists are cautious about attributing any single event to climate change, experts agree that rising temperatures worsened the recent floods in Spain, intensifying the downpours. Dr. Friederike Otto from Imperial College London explains that climate change enables the atmosphere to hold more moisture with every fraction of a degree of warming, resulting in heavier, more intense rainfall, BBC News reports.
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I was travelling in Spain when the floods swept through Valencia, and saw first hand the tragedy unfold.
More rain is forecast in Spain after devastating floods hit the Valencia region last week
More than 200 people have died in Spain's worst flash floods in modern history.
Flooding that killed at least 217 people, mostly near Valencia, dumped rain on Barcelona on Monday
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Floods left cars piled up like toys in streets, swallowed homes, and covered entire neighbourhoods in sludge as authorities report 217 fatalities
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Flooding has severly impacted the Valencia region and now Barcelona is experiencing torrential rain
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Thousands of rescuers pumped water from submerged buildings, churned through muddy streets and cleared debris on Monday as Spain braced for more deaths from its worst floods in decades."They were saying 'alert for water', but they should have said it was a flood," Teresa Gisbert, 62, told AFP in the destroyed town of Sedavi, saying she had "lost everything".
What the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office says about travel to Spain following the floods
STORY: Spanish rescuers searched for bodies on Monday (November 4) in underground parking lots in the Valencia region that were flooded after last week's devastating rains.::Spanish police It comes as the government announced it's sending thousands more troops to help with the clean-up, in the face of rising public anger over authorities' handling of the disaster. At this 5,700-car shopping mall garage near Valencia airport, medics and forensic teams were seen at the site, alongside firefighters, police and military units.Teams also looked near river mouths where currents may have deposited bodies.The official death toll from Spain's worst flash floods in modern history edged higher to 217 on Sunday (November 3).Almost all of them were in the Valencia region, with dozens just in the suburb of Paiporta.That's where residents vented their anger at the Spanish king and queen, as well as prime minister, who visited the stricken area on Sunday.Some chanted "murderers" and hurled mud, as they accused the authorities of sending late flood warnings.They also say emergency services responded too slowly after disaster hit. At least one security officer was seen with a bleeding forehead amid the chaos. Some of the protesters were also seen wearing symbols of far-right groups that often stage protests against the leftist government. Defense minister Margarita Robles said extremist groups were taking advantage of the situation for political gain.::Spanish Defense MinistryOn Monday, Robles told state-owned radio RNE that 2,500 more troops are being sent to the country's flood-hit east.They'll be backing up the 5,000 that arrived at the weekend to help hand out essentials, clean up streets and protect shops and properties from looters.The region faces an enormously difficult clean-up after torrential rains last Tuesday and Wednesday caused Europe's worst flood-related disaster in five decades.Rainfall has continued during the rest of the week, but there's been no more major flooding in the area.
