News brief

Spain’s unprecedented flooding. Crews search for people and residents try to salvage what they can from ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at least 158 lives as of Oct. 31. Wrecked vehicles, tree branches, downed power lines, and household items are mired in a layer of mud covering the streets of Barrio de la Torre, just one of dozens of localities in the hard-hit eastern region of Valencia. The flash floods produced Spain’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory.

Helene’s powerful floods prompt urgent relief efforts – and a wake-up call