Connect with us

Flood Takes Over Major Cities in Spain

Piroll

Published

on

Follow
FOREIGN NEWS: Flood Takes Over Major Cities in Spain [New Foreign News] » Naijacrawl
Photo: Naijacrawl

It was an unprecedented 24 hours from May 3 (18:00 UTC), as major cities in Spain registered 201.



1 mm (7.91 inches) of rain, representing the largest 24-hour May rainfall since records began in 1871.

This consequently led to floods that caused traffic delays, and closed at least 4 tunnels and the metro system, according to local media.1

Valencia’s fire department reported it had carried out several rescue operations where people were trapped in their cars in heavily flooded areas.

Hail and heavy rain caused flooding and damage in parts of the Murcia Region after around 30 mm (1.18 inches) of rain fell in just 1 hour, causing floods in Caravaca de la Cruz. Emergency services (112 Murcia) responded to 48 weather-related incidents, including 6 rescues.2

Click Here To Comment


  • FOREIGN NEWS: Flood Takes Over Major Cities in Spain [New Foreign News] » Naijacrawl

    More Photos on Flood Takes Over Major Cities in Spain

  • FOREIGN NEWS: Flood Takes Over Major Cities in Spain [New Foreign News] » Naijacrawl

    More Photos on Flood Takes Over Major Cities in Spain

  • FOREIGN NEWS: Flood Takes Over Major Cities in Spain [New Foreign News] » Naijacrawl
  • FOREIGN NEWS: Flood Takes Over Major Cities in Spain [New Foreign News] » Naijacrawl


Piroll
 

Piroll is a creative writer, social-political commentator, socio-researcher, and sports analyst. He holds certificates in media management and data journalism from the Thomas Foundation Institute of Journalism. He works as a... Read More

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Be first to comment


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Foreign News

Coup: Niger Junta threatens to kill Bazoum over military intervention

Victorious

Published

on

FOREIGN NEWS: Coup: Niger Junta threatens to kill Bazoum over military intervention [New Foreign News] » Naijacrawl
Photo: Naijacrawl
The Niger Republic junta has threatened to kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum should there be any military intervention from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.The Associated Press reported on Thursday that two “Western officials” disclosed that the putschists issued the threat while speaking to a top U.S. diplomat.The military leaders reportedly made the threat shortly before ECOWAS directed the deployment of a standby force to restore democrac...
Continue Reading

Foreign News

Over 70 Illegal Migrants Die as Boat Capsized in Greece

Piroll

Published

on

FOREIGN NEWS: Over 70 Illegal Migrants Die as Boat Capsized in Greece [New Foreign News] » Naijacrawl
Photo: Naijacrawl
Over 70 migrants have drowned and more than 100 have been rescued after their fishing vessel capsized off the coast of southern GreeceIt is unclear how many people were on the boat when it sank about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Pylos.But Greek officials and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) say that hundreds of people could have been on boardGreece's coastguard said the boat was spotted in international waters late on Tuesday by an aircraft belong...
Continue Reading

Foreign News

Homophobia: Methodist Church Fires Theologian over Tweet

Piroll

Published

on

FOREIGN NEWS: Homophobia: Methodist Church Fires Theologian over Tweet [New Foreign News] » Naijacrawl
Photo: Naijacrawl
A Methodist Bible College has fired one of its Theologians after tweeting that homosexuality is ‘Invading the Church’. The Church has threatened to report him as a terroristThe sacked Theologian Dr. Aaron Edwards, a Christian theologian has been fired by a Methodist Bible college in the U.K. over his tweets in opposition to homosexuality, his attorneys claimed.It was learned the college also threatened to report Dr. Aaron who taught theology at Cliff College in Derb...
Continue Reading

Latest


Download Naijacrawl App today

Fastest way to read on the go

Download the Naijacrawl App.