news 200+ killed and 2000+ missing in catastrophic flash floods in Spain

[Chemist]

 

[ICLDXU4HS]

We're so doomed. RIP to the victims.

[BrokenMachine]

So awful, and events like this will only become more common if we do nothing about it

[Illyboy]

A mutual on Discord told me that a classmate of theirs showed them images of their town yesterday morning and it could be deduced something big would happen. The authorities should've reacted sooner and cancelled work/school but alas. Many people went to work bc it was a workday and got trapped, also people who went to uni etc.

 

Only "good" thing is that this didn't happen on the city of Valencia itself (the river Turia was diverted out of the city centre after a big flood in 1957 so now the city itself barely suffered from wind and not much else), most of the damage is elsewhere in the province/region.

 

My heart goes out to everyone who lost a dear one to this.

 

I cannot be more disappointed at the authorities. PM was in ******* India while people were dying off due to the floods, he only did a short statement today- where were you yesterday ***** 

Edited October 30 by Illyboy
PM not MP

[Illyboy]

I hope no one from atrl was affected by this because the images are everywhere on TV and social media here and damn they're harrowing.

[Ger]

I saw the news since yesterday, what a disaster. I hope the worst part already occurred. 

[Draper.]

I have friends affected by this, this is really sad.

[UnusualBoy]

I saw images early today and it's awful, hope the situation is better soon and RIP to all the victims from this disaster.

[AvadaKedavra]

Heartbreakin. What a tragedy. What happened with the woman grabbing a tree?
Mi corazon me duele por todas las hermanas españolas. Que horrible es el cambio climatico. Peores cosas vendran.

[Princess Aurora]

This is a tragedy :( It's a shame this happened. RIP to the victims

[RussianRoulette]

This is horrible. RIP. 

 

[zzmyth]

More than 160 death already.

 

It was insanely devastating in such a short period of time... wow

[thatsmydemi]

Over 200 death now. Unacceptable. So many lives could've been saved. 

 

 

[Illyboy]

On 10/30/2024 at 5:51 PM, AvadaKedavra said:

Heartbreakin. What a tragedy. What happened with the woman grabbing a tree?
Mi corazon me duele por todas las hermanas españolas. Que horrible es el cambio climatico. Peores cosas vendran.

It's not climate change, it was inaction by the authorities. They gave SMS alerts at 8pm when there were already people drowining, at midday they said it was just going to be a regular rain when some towns were already experiencing overflows.

[Illyboy]

The official number of deaths is now above 200. And it's likely much larger because of the indeterminate amount of missing people (in the hundreds).

People are outraged, and with reason.

[Illyboy]

I will send some tweets later but basically the authorities just put the number of missing people at 1900 provisionally. That + the already >200 confirmed deaths means there might be up to 2000 deceased people because of this.

 

I'm fuming rn

[Illyboy]

I really hope the GP snaps and does something to change the political system because it is clearly not working,

[Antisocialites]

 

se prevé que habrá más de 2000 fallecidos y aún no tenemos la dimisión del asqueroso y repulsivo de Mazón que no solo está entorpeciendo la colaboración de ciudadanos si no que también está denegando ayuda internacional y nacional de bomberos y militares.

 

mientras tanto las empresas multinacionales OBLIGAN a sus trabajadores a arriesgar su vida porque unos putos ricos necesitan ser más ricos aún.

 

definitivamente esto va a dejar una gran huella en la ciudadanía, y mientras tenemos al PP y al PSOE tirándose la pelota mutuamente sin llegar a una clara misión NECESARIA en estos momentos, a VOX difundiendo pura maldad y odio, y a Sumar sin hacer absolutamente nada, como es de costumbre.

Edited November 1 by Antisocialites

[Illyboy]

https://x.com/MemoriasPez/status/1852504070419812432

Edited November 2 by Illyboy
idk why it doesn't embed but it's a caricature

[itsnotaegg]

Seems like there's close to 2000 people missing, this is a huge tragedy  

[Illyboy]

https://x.com/rtvenoticias/status/1852661787134489014

 

ofc they will wait to TUESDAY to declare "severely affected zone"

 

Because they are on puente (vacation) and ig on monday they gotta rest??? THEY SHOULD'VE DONE THAT ON ******* THURSDAY NOT A WEEK LATER

 

ISTG-

[Antisocialites]

Mazón y su equipo no solo merecen que sean destituidos de sus puestos (ya que se ve que lo de dimitir no entra en sus planes) sino también encarcelados por toda la mierda que está saliendo de cómo han manejado el suceso desde el primer momento. 

 

Pero dudo que pase, al fin y al cabo Ayuso dejó morir a casi 8000 ancianos en Madrid y ahí sigue, esparciendo basura a cada sitio que va.

 

[Antisocialites]

brutalísima esta portada del periódico francés 'Liberation'

 

[Antisocialites]

@Chemist thread title needs to be updated, there at least 200+ people dead and more than 2000 people are missing.

[Chemist]

On 11/1/2024 at 3:13 PM, Illyboy said:

It's not climate change, it was inaction by the authorities. They gave SMS alerts at 8pm when there were already people drowining, at midday they said it was just going to be a regular rain when some towns were already experiencing overflows.

I'm not sure how it is in Spain, but here in NL, people often ignore weather service alerts. This is because more often than not, the alerts tend to overreact and the actual impact of the weather event is minimal. I don't blame the weather services tho because I understand that predicting the weather (especially flash flood events) is becoming increasingly challenging.

 

it seems that ins this case they are partially to blame though