The current flag of Spain was born in this way, being proclaimed as the National Flag in 1843, during the reign of Isabel II.

Photos from a passenger on the Explorer of the Seas cruise ship show the damage after the ship encountered rough seas in the ...

The number of people killed in floods in Spain has risen to at least 95, with a British man now confirmed among the dead. Cars were swept through streets and numerous buildings damaged as some ...

At least 217 people are dead after Spain was struck by the worst floods in recent memory that submerged towns, toppled bridges and cut entire communities off from the outside world. The deadly ...

The death toll from Spain's worst flash floods in modern history is now at 217. Almost all the fatalities have been in the Valencia region, with more than 60 in the suburb of Paiporta. The Spanish ...

as well as almost 2,500 Civil Guard gendarmes — who have carried out 4,500 rescues during the floods — and 1,800 national police officers. Spain has suffered through an almost two-year drought ...

Streets in the city of Valencia were caked in mud and littered with debris. The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Valencia, Spain, has reached 217, officials announced Sunday, as the search ...

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Spain is deploying 10,000 more troops and police officers to the eastern Valencia region devastated by historic floods that have killed 213 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.

“It is the biggest operation by the Armed Forces in Spain in peacetime,” Mr Sanchez ... carried out 4,500 rescues during the floods - and 1,800 national police officers. Thousands of ...

The deadliest flash floods in Spain's modern history have killed at least 214 people, and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia ...

Officials said the death toll is likely to keep rising. It is already Spain's worst flood-related disaster in modern history and the deadliest to hit Europe since the 1970s. Members of the fire ...