Spain

A general view of debris and sludge filled Barranco del Poyo ravine as it passes through the town of Catarroja, which was seriously affected due to severe flooding, in Valencia, Spain, November 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Eva Manez
Europe

Spanish flood-hit towns brace for another storm

Two weeks after the worst floods in Spain's modern history killed more than 200 people, national weather service AEMET issued an orange alert, the second-highest, for strong or torrential...

Cristobal Martinez, an 87-year-old resident of the flood-hit eastern Spanish town of Paiporta who also witnessed a devastating flash flood in 1957, is assisted by his grandson as he walks amid mud and debris near his house in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain November 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Climate Change

How slow warnings, poor defences left Spain exposed to deadly floods

People throw mud at Spain's King Felipe near Valencia, Spain, 3 November 2024. Photo: Collected
Europe

Angry crowds throw mud at Spanish king on visit to flood-hit Valencia

Valencia, November 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Europe

Spain mounts biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as death toll reaches 214

People work to clear a mud-covered street with piled up cars in the aftermath of torrential rains that caused flooding, in Paiporta, Spain, October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez
Europe

Spain sends thousands more troops to flood-hit region

People work to clear a mud-covered street with piled up cars in the aftermath of torrential rains that caused flooding, in Paiporta, Spain, October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez
Europe

Spain flood death toll hits 205 as Valencia opens temporary morgue

Damaged cars are seen along a road affected by torrential rains that caused flooding, on the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez
World+Biz

What caused deadly floods in Spain? The impact of DANA explained

Damaged cars are seen along a road affected by torrential rains that caused flooding, on the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez
World+Biz

Spain searches for bodies after flood of the century claims at least 95 lives

A river flows under a partially collapsed bridge affected by torrential rains that caused flooding in the town of Carlet, Valencia region, Spain, October 30, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez
World+Biz

Spain's deadliest floods in decades kill at least 64 people

Member of the Congress of Deputies Inigo Errejon takes part in a debate in Madrid, Spain January 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ana Beltran/File Photo
Europe

Sexual abuse allegations rock Spain's ruling coalition

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in a meeting with Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh Gabriel Sistiaga at his office in Tejgaon, Dhaka on 9 October. Photo: UNB
Foreign Policy

Prof Yunus urges Spain to increase bilateral trade, investment, manpower recruitment

A man holds a placard with images of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro as Venezuelans living in Spain take part in a gathering outside Spanish parliament in support of opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, in the aftermath of disputed Venezuelan elections, in Madrid, Spain, September 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
World+Biz

Venezuela opposition says Edmundo Gonzalez will remain 'clear voice' in Spanish exile

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez speaks at a presidential election campaign closing rally in Caracas, Venezuela, July 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Politics

Venezuela opposition candidate Gonzalez leaves for Spain as diplomatic tensions rise