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Look at what I'm picking up:
said Nieves Vargas in a local supermarket whose doors had been tossed aside by the water and was unattended by staff
Right now the most important thing is to safeguard as many lives as possible,
he told reporters
There's a total of 158 people to which must be added dozens and dozens of missing,
news agency Reuters reported quoting Angel Victor Torres, minister in charge of cooperation with Spain's regionAccording to the forecast … it is expected that around 6 p.m. its intensity will decrease” in the Valencia region
he said, possibly referring to AEMET’s “red” warning, which at the time was in force until 6 p.m. that day
What is clear is that scientific predictions were already warning that something very big could happen,
said Juan Jesús González Alemán, the senior AEMET meteorologist who first warned of the storm’s magnitude last weekOrganizations that are the sole responsibility of the central government — such as the AEMET — provide the information with which the Valencian government formulated its emergency response to the catastrophe,
he saidWhen we saw that nobody is bringing us water, nobody is telling us anything, we’ve decided to go to the supermarket and grab what we can,
one woman carrying bags of goods told Spanish television in the town of Paiporta
People of Valencia, we are not going to leave you alone,
Sanchez said, pledging all necessary resources and efforts to save as many lives as possible
I could hear people from the residence screaming, ‘help, help’,
Marisol Lara, a 62-year-old woman, said through tears, London’s Daily Telegraph reported
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If nations do not implement current commitments, then show a massive increase in ambition in the new pledges, followed by rapid delivery, the Paris Agreement target of holding global warming to 1.5C will be dead within a few years, and 2C will take its place in the intensive care unit,
said Inger Andersen, the UN environment chiefCarbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than any time experienced during human existence, rising by more than 10 per cent in just two decades,
it saidOur priority is to find the victims and the missing so we can help end the suffering of their families,
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said after meeting with 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,
Sánchez saidGenerally speaking, the jet stream, because of the changes we are seeing due to climate change, is having more pronounced undulations,
Maria Jose Sanz, scientific director of the BC3 Basque Center for Climate Change, told the Associated Press
The same extremely wavy jet stream that is causing the U.S. drought is also responsible for the horrific flooding in eastern Spain,
climate scientist Jennifer Francis at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Cape Cod told the APThe situation is catastrophic … We don’t have electricity in some areas; we’re without water and communication is difficult,
she told broadcaster Onda Cero
The car started to move, even with the brakes on,
said ReyWe’re told that that’s where a lot of people were caught,
said AlbalatWe’ve felt very isolated because there’s no government presence or anything like that,
said KlarenburgThe currents began to drag the car down,
he told El País