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Is Europe ill-prepared for flood disasters?
Europe is the fastest warming continent on earth but scientists say many local governments are badly prepared for weather ...
Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said ...
Perils has pegged the industry loss for the floods in Central Europe and Italy in September at EUR1.9bn ($2bn). In its ...
It was “the greatest natural disaster in our recent history,” declared Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist prime minister. It ...
Tax relief, a three-month postponement to repaying mortgages and loans and central government spending on the immense clean-up work facing local councils were also announced. Thousands of soldiers, ...
PAIPORTA, Spain, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Another 2,500 soldiers arrived in the flood-hit east of Spain on Monday to reinforce efforts to locate bodies and clear debris, as government officials traded blame ...
The central government has said issuing alerts ... The tragedy is already Europe’s worst flood-related disaster in a single country since 1967 when at least some 500 people died in Portugal.
PAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents of a Valencia suburb particularly badly hit by last week's deadly floods ...
Rescue teams are still searching for those missing in what could become Europe's worst storm-related disaster in over five ...
Authorities said the death toll had reached 158 on Thursday, meaning it could become Europe’s worst storm-related disaster ..
Valencian regional authorities reported that the fatalities include 211 in Valencia, two in Castilla La Mancha, and one in ...
PAIPORTA: Spain sent more soldiers on Monday to its flood-hit east where rescuers scoured underground carparks for bodies and ...