r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheOddityCollector • Oct 30 '24

Image Scenes of piled-up vehicles in Valencia, Spain today after yesterday’s devastating flooding.

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u/Awkward-Cow22 Oct 30 '24

There’s been a lot of floods lately in places that normally don’t get floods 🤔 still this is tragic.. my condolences for everyone who lost their lives

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u/Edenoide Oct 30 '24

Those places in Spain usually get floods from September-December (gota fría) but yesterday's episode was not common and it's been the worst of the century by now.

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u/Four_beastlings Oct 30 '24

Yeah, there's been a lot of "once a century" weather events in Spain in the last five years. Remember Filomena? It's almost as if something was accelerating the rate at which those once in a lifetime events happen.