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Flood in Spain
Torrential rainstorms causing deadly flash floods hit southern and eastern parts of Spain in regions including the Costa del Sol where the city of Malaga is located, and Valencia in the east.
The storms concentrated over the Magro, Turia and the Poyo river basins, unleashed a deluge of muddy water that turned village streets into rivers, destroyed homes and swept away bridges, railway tracks and cars catching people unaware as they went on with their daily lives on Tuesday evening 29th October and early Wednesday morning 30th October.
At least 205 people have died, an unknown number of people remain missing, while thousands of others are without electricity or phone service. The majority of those killed were in the coastal region of Valencia, where it is reported that nearly a year's worth of rain had fallen in just eight hours, deaths were also reported in the Castilla-La Mancha region and in Andalucía's Málaga province.
The intense rain was attributed to a phenomenon known as the gota fría, or "cold drop", which occurs when cold air moves over the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This creates atmospheric instability as the warm, moist air rising rapidly to form towering, dense clouds capable of dumping heavy rain.
Thousands of troops have been deployed to help boost the ongoing rescue and emergency service efforts.
| Type of Event: | Flood |
| Location of Event: | Spain |
| Date of Charter Activation: | 2024-11-01 |
| Time of Charter Activation: | 18:10 |
| Time zone of Charter Activation: | UTC+01:00 |
| Charter Requestor: | Dirección General de Protección Civil y Emergencias (DGPCE) |
| Activation ID: | 924 |
| Project Management: | Zachary Foltz (ACRI-ST) |
| Value Adding: | Copernicus EMS (Copernicus EMS) SERTIT Rapid Mapping Service (SERTIT Rapid Mapping Service) Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre Marco Chini (LIST) |
 | Activation handled in collaboration with Copernicus Emergency Management Service |
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Delineation Product with the identification of the affected areas over Valencia province
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Acquired: 06/11/2024
Source: Sentinel-1
Category: Delineation Monitoring Maps
Grading Product with the damage grade assessment over Godelleta
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Copyright: Includes Pleiades material © CNES (2024), Distribution Airbus DS.
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Acquired: 11/11/2024
Source: Pleiades
Category: Grading Map
Grading Product with the damage grade assessment over Caudete De Las Fuentes
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Acquired: 02/11/2024
Source: WorldView-2
Category: Grading Map
Grading Product with the damage grade assessment over Chera
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Acquired: 31/10/2024
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Grading Product with the damage grade assessment over Montserrat
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Acquired: 10/11/2024
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Grading Product with the damage grade assessment over Alcudia
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Acquired: 10/11/2024
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Flood Impact Assessment in Valencia, Spain
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Copyright: 2024 Maxar Technologies Provided by European Space Imaging
Report produced by Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre
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Acquired: 31/10/2024
Source: WorldView-3
Category: Grading Map
Delineation Product with the identification of the affected areas over Valencia province
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Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024)
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Acquired: 05/11/2024
Source: Sentinel-2
Category: Delineation Monitoring Maps
Grading Product with the damage grade assessment over Horta Sud
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Copyright: GeoEye-1 © Maxar Technologies, Inc. 2024
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Acquired: 31/10/2024
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Delineation Product with the identification of the affected areas over Valencia province
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Copyright: © ICEYE (2024)
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Acquired: 03/11/2024
Source: ICEYE
Category: Delineation Map
Quickviews
Quickviews are produced for illustration purposes only and do not contain any verified analysis of the disaster.
The storms were concentrated over the Magro, Turia, and Poyo river basins, unleashing a deluge of muddy water which made its way through the southern part of the city and eventually discharging into the Mediterranean sea and the Albufera National park, leading to the severe flooding seen here in the Sentinel-1 radar imagery. The dark areas represent standing water.
Copyrights: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024)
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Acquired: 31-10-2024 / 19-10-2024
Source(s): Sentinel-1
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