Preliminary research shows human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week's deluge.
Spain is reeling from its worst flooding in decades, after a year's worth of rain fell in just hours in the country's southern and eastern regions.
Before: The region of Valencia in 2022.. . After: Flooding of urban and agricultural lands in and around Valencia.. .human-caused climate change made Spain's rainfall about 12 per cent heavierThis is according to a rapid but partial analysis by World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming's role in extreme weather.
Ms Cameron-Wood also said there had been lots of criticism over the authorities' handling of the crisis, both for their late warnings of the looming floods and the relief response. Paiporta mayor Maribel Albalat said that at least 62,000 people had perished in the community of 25,000.This is more rainfall than it had seen over the past 20 months, according to Spain's weather service.While Spain is used to autumn storms that can cause flooding, nothing comes close to the devastation over the past few days.In 1959, 144 people were killed by a flood in the Spanish town of Ribadelago.
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