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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,
What makes me sad are the people who died, and there were a lot of them,
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 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 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,
We will help you with all the state's resources."
Earlier in the day, Sanchez convened a government crisis committee and, in a speech, said This is an unprecedented situation, nobody has seen anything like this,
Valencia's regional President Carlos Mazon said They raised the alarm when the water was already here, there’s no need to tell me the flood is coming,
fumed Julian Ormeno, a 66-year-old pensioner in the Valencia city suburb of Sedavi People shouldn’t be dying from these kinds of forecasted weather events in countries where they have the resources to do better,
added Liz Stephens, a professor in climate risks and resilience at the University of Reading We take preparation for other hazards such as earthquakes and tsunami very seriously,
added Jess Neumann, associate professor of hydrology, at the University of Reading We urgently need to adapt our cities to be more resilient to floods,
she added, suggesting making space for water to flow through urban environments without causing damage Nobody came to take responsibility,
Our infrastructure is not designed to deal with these levels of flooding,
I’ve heard people saying that this is the new normal,
added Barnes, a statistician who researches extreme weather events and climate change at the Imperial College London
