Raw Video: Deadly Floods Swamp Spain

September 29, 2012 from Associated Press

A tornado swept through a fair ground in a Spanish town in Valencia province Saturday, knocking down a Ferris wheel and injuring 35 people. Floods have rocked the same southern part of the country since Friday. As of Saturday, the death toll from the flash floods had risen to 10, according to authorities.

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Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash fl... Explore this topic

Flood

Plūdi — sauszemes, kas parasti nav klāta ar ūdeni, applūšana. Galvenie plūdu iemesli ir ilgstoši nokrišņi, sniega kušana, cunami, ledus sastrēgumi, kuru dēļ ūdens nevar tecēt pa upi un ceļas ūdens līmenis. Plūdi var būt arī tad, ja ūdens līmeņa celšanos neiztur kāds dambis vai... Explore this topic

Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Valencia is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is the third largest district in Congress in terms of the numbers of deputies elected, as it elects sixteen deputies ou... Explore this topic

Spain

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union . It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibral... Explore this topic

Tornado

The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing combat aircraft, which was jointly developed and manufactured by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy. There are three primary variants of the Tornado; the Tornado IDS fighter-bomber, the suppression of ... Explore this topic

Andalusia

Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities in Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognized as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva... Explore this topic

Ferris wheel

A Ferris wheel is a nonbuilding structure consisting of a rotating upright wheel with passenger cars attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, the cars are kept upright, usually by gravity. Some of the largest and most modern Ferris wheels have cars mounted on... Explore this topic

Malaga

The Province of Málaga is located on the southern mediterranean coast of Spain, in Andalusia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the South and by the provinces of Cádiz, Granada, Córdoba and Seville. Its area is 7,308 km² and its population is 1,639.127, which is conce... Explore this topic

Almeria

Almería is a province of the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Granada, Murcia, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Almería. Its area is 8,769 km². Its population is 546,499 with a density of 62.32/km². It contains 101 municipal... Explore this topic

Murcia

The Region of Murcia pron., Spanish: Región de Murcia; is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencian Community, on the Mediterranean coast. The autonomous community consists of a single province, unlike most autono... Explore this topic

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