Utiel, Spain - 03, 2024 The flash floods that swept through the Spanish regions of Valencia, Castilla-La Mancha, and Andalusia last week have resulted in significant casualties and property damage. The death toll from one of Spain's biggest disasters in decades had risen to 217 as of Sunday,

Three days after flash floods swept through Utiel, a tiny town in the eastern province of Valencia, volunteers trudged through debris to help clear broken furniture and shovel away mud.

Spain is reeling from its worst flooding in decades, after a year’s worth of rain fell in just hours this week in the country’s southern and eastern regions.

Flash floods in Spain turned village streets into rivers, ruined homes, disrupted transportation and killed at least 95 people in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory.

Flooded cars are piled up in Utiel, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. Flooded cars are piled up in Utiel, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. People walk along the road after leaving their homes flooded by the floods in Valencia, Spain on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.

The recurrent storms in eastern Spain that led to massive flooding last week and killed at least 217 people, mostly near Valencia, dumped rain on Barcelona on Monday, prompting authorities to suspend commuter rail service.

The co-founder of World Weather Attribution says “Europe still hasn’t accepted the realities of extreme weather”