Several bodies have been found after parts of southern and eastern Spain were hit by severe flash flooding on Tuesday, with some locations receiving up to 12 inches of rain in just a few hours.

Scientists long warned Spanish and EU authorities of the need to protect Valencia from floods, but masses of people received no warning until walls of water broke over their homes and workplaces.

VALENCIA is ground zero for the worst natural disaster to hit Spain in a century, claiming at least 95 lives. But it is certainly not the first time that

Spain’s worst flood in decades is a social disaster driven by the ruling elite’s inability to plan policies to halt climate change, or even to devise basic disaster management plans advocated by scientists.

About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.

The number only corresponds to the eastern Valencia region, where 211 of the 217 confirmed deaths took place when entire communities were swamped by tsunami-like floods on Oct. 29

Spain says 89 people are confirmed to be missing 1 week after catastrophic floods hit the eastern Valencia region

By David Latona and Charlie Devereux PAIPORTA/MADRID (Reuters) -At least 89 people remain missing after deadly floods in eastern Spain, the regional judicial authorities in Valencia said on Tuesday, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was earmarking 10.

Spanish authorities on Tuesday said 89 people are missing in the eastern Valencia region following the devastating flash floods that killed more than 200 people last week. It is the first official figure of the missing to be released by authorities,

One week after catastrophic flooding devastated eastern Spain, María Murgui still holds out hope that her missing father is alive. “He was like many people in town who went out to get their car or motorbike to safety,