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I express my deepest sympathy to the victims and their families who have suffered from the devastating flood in Spain,
Yoon said on his social media account We stand with Spain in these difficult times and sincerely hope for a swift recovery in the affected areas,
Right now the most important thing is to safeguard as many lives as possible,
This (street) was full of people and today it's still empty. It is utter desolation,
People ... don't have the information they need to keep themselves and their families safe. We could see that people were putting themselves at risk driving in flood waters and there was just so much water that it has overwhelmed these places,
In general terms, what we know is that, in the context of climate change, these types of intense and exceptional, rare rainfall events are going to become more frequent and more intense and, therefore, destructive.
Dr Ernesto Rodríguez Camino, Senior State Meteorologist and member of Spanish Meteorological Association, said The flash floods in Spain are another terrible reminder of the changing and more chaotic weather we are experiencing as a result of climate change.
Dr Jess Neumann, Associate Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading, added One minute there was just rain and then there was two metres of water,
The currents were so quick – and we called the emergency services who started rescuing some people who had water up to their neck."
Mayor of Paiporta, Maribel Albalat, said on Wednesday A lot of people who went to move their cars and never came back".
The Mayor tragically said I myself was on my way to check the river level because I had no information,
They didn't have any idea of what was going on,
Perez, a professional cleaner, said about the authorities Unfortunately, there are dead people inside some vehicles,
said Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente in reference to hundreds of cars and trucks stranded on roads stained brown with mud Our priority is to find the victims and the missing so we can help end the suffering of their families,
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after meeting with regional officials and emergency services in Valencia on Thursday, the first of three official days of mourning I saw bodies floating past. I called out, but nothing,
This storm front is still with us,
No doubt about it, these explosive downpours were intensified by climate change,
said Dr Friederike Otto, leader of world weather attribution at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London Just after 8pm, after an hour with water up to my neck and swallowing mud, the alert went off,
The victims are going to be in their dozens,
Paiporta’s mayoress Maria Isabel Albalat Asensi said I managed to get out of the car and when I tried to get hold of our baby, the current took me and I hit something,
