Floods in Spain cause death and devastation

In principle, cold drops can be seen in the weather models. But where exactly the rain will fall and how much there will be, can often only be estimated a few hours before the event,

Walter said

In order to be able to make a comparison with the Ahr valley flood, we first need more data from Spain,

German weather expert Walter tells DW

If, for example, the Ahr valley rainfall had only come down a little further north, the consequences would not have been so catastrophic,

he points out

We need machinery, cranes, so that the sites can be accessed. We need a lot of help. And bread and water,

Cuartero said

Fortunately he’s been stabilised and we’ve spoken to him and we hope he recovers as soon as possible."

Isla Cristina’s mayor Jenaro Orta said

This is a disaster. There are a lot of elderly people who don’t have medicine. There are children who don’t have food. We don’t have milk, we don’t have water. We have no access to anything,

a resident of Alfafar, one of the most affected towns in south Valencia, told state television station TVE

The situation is unbelievable. It’s a disaster, and there is very little help,

Emilio Cuartero, a resident of Massanassa on the outskirts of the city of Valencia, told The Associated Press

I have been there all my life. All my memories are there. My parents lived there, … and now in one night, it is all gone.”

Speaking to the AP, Chiva resident Juan Vicente Perez said

It’s the community itself that has to rally around and sort out provisions for everyone as they’ve had no help so far from the regional government,

Gallego said, noting

Around a year’s worth of rain fell in a single day, and as you can tell, it’s had a devastating effect on the community. They’re still cut off – no electricity, no connection to any sort of power system here,

Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego said, reporting from Chiva

There are people living with corpses at home. It's very sad. We are organizing ourselves, but we are running out of everything,

he told reporters

We're going from car to car looking for any petrol we can find,

said one firefighter who had travelled to Valencia from the southern region of Andalusia to assist rescue efforts, carrying a plastic tube and empty bottles to collect the petrol from the cars' tanks

We are still waiting for people to come help us,

the TikToker wrote in the caption to her post on Thursday

Nothing can come through, no food, nothing. The only thing that comes are the rescue trucks that can maybe bring a bit of food, but you need to walk 15-20 km (9-12 miles) to buy some bread,

said Rafael Lopez, 59, who lives in a neighbourhood next to Paiporta

To Paiporta, to help,

answered a group of young men, walking briskly, when asked where they were headed, referring to one of the hardest-hit suburbs of the regional capital, Spain's third-biggest city

It's amazing - thousands of people coming from Valencia, like a big corridor of people helping the victims of this incredible disaster,

he said, as he headed to help

The disaster motivated me to come,

she said

I have just requested the incorporation of the army and the available land, sea and air forces to reinforce the logistical tasks and the distribution of aid to the population."

In a post on X Carlos Mazon previously said

We climbed into the scoop and he took us to safety up at the hotel, which is the highest part of town,

says Platero

By then, the water was 3 metres high,

says Aleixandre