Dramatic before-&-after footage shows beginning of Valencia flood disaster…& terrifying speed roads became deadly rivers
Date: 2024-11-01THIS is the dramatic before and after footage showing how flash floods in Valencia turned roads into rivers in minutes.
The shocking footage shared on social media by residents of the Spanish city and surrounding areas comes as the death toll for the disaster hits 202.
The road outside the building turned into a river in a matter of minutes[/caption]
Meanwhile, a city vehicle with red markings on the side had its lights flashing while parked up on the dry part of the roads near the flooding.
However, in a matter of seconds, the flood waters went from only slightly ebbing further onto the road to pouring out in a major overspill.
The murky brown surge of water and debris continued to spread out into the roads, forcing all those filming to keep moving back as there was no break in the flow of water.
As the torrent continued to flow, vehicles suddenly changed direction and the driver of the city car managed to flee in the vehicle moments before more waves of water and debris hit the headlights.
Why was Spain hit by flooding?
Spain was hit by flash floods after the east of the country was hit by a meteorological phenomena known as a ‘DANA’.
A DANA, or a ‘cold drop’ is technically a system where there is an isolated depression in the atmosphere is at high levels.
In layman’s terms, more warm and moist Mediterranean air than usual was sucked high into the atmosphere after a cold system hit the country from the south.
The easterly wind then pushed all those clouds and rain into eastern Spain.
Three to four months of rain fell in some places over the space of 24 hours.
The DANA system hit southern Spain as it arrived from Morocco yesterday and is now expected to head west over southern Portugal.
The water continued to cascade forward around a roundabout until Gulliem Valenci realized he had to keep moving and cut the video.
“Within minutes it turns into a river,” one viewer wrote in the comments.
An off-duty police officer from Benetusser revealed how he saved the lives of two of his neighbours with a rope made of bedsheets when the flash floods hit the region.
As search and rescue crews continue to gain access to places previously cut off due to water and debris, the death toll is expected to rise.
A further 500 soldiers have joined the 1,200 soldiers from Spain’s Military Emergencies Unit in the search for missing people as the country braces for further devastation.
A new red alert weather warning with torrential rain was issued for the Balearics on Friday.
The Spanish province of Huelva received the deadly alert as residents have been chillingly warned to “brace for more fatalities.”
Valencia Regional Authorities confirmed on Friday morning that the death toll has surpassed 200 people in what is one of the worst natural disasters in the country’s living history.
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