is that the death toll could to rise, and spain has declared three days of national mourning. joining me tonight are independent economist, rebecca harding and from washington dc, doug heye, former communications director of the republican national committee. devastation in spain — more than 70 people are killed in flash floods after a year's worth of rain in just eight hours. three days of mourning have been declared. we'll be live in valencia for the very latest. also on the programme. the uk's first female chancellor delivers the labour government's first budget in m years — laying out a series

of tax rises aimed at raising a0 billion pounds. and less than a week before the us election, kamala harris insists she will be a president for "all americans" as she seeks to distance herself from comments by president biden appearing to refer to donald trump supporters as "garbage". at least 95 people have died in flash floods in spain after a year's worth of rain fell in eight hours. mudslides and torrents of water have destroyed homes — cars have been swept away and left piled on each other in streets. infrastructure, like roads and bridges, have been severely damaged. rescuers are still searching for the missing, but these conditions make it incredibly difficult and dangerous for anyone stuck indoors to leave their homes. rescue workers have been using helicopters and boats in an attempt to reach people who have been stranded. spain's prime minister has been speaking about the scale of the floods. translation: to the towns and cities that have -

been affected by this, i am just saying the same, united, we are going to recover everything, your cities, your squares, your bridges. spain is behind you. our reporter nicky schiller is in valencia in spain. just tell us where you are and what you are hearing at the moment. i what you are hearing at the moment-— what you are hearing at the moment. . . ., . ., moment. i landed at valencia airort moment. i landed at valencia airportjust — moment. i landed at valencia airport just under _ moment. i landed at valencia airportjust under one - moment. i landed at valencia airportjust under one hour. airportjust under one hour ago, and as you can see, i am ina carat the ago, and as you can see, i am in a car at the moment. the journey we are trying to make two at one of the areas hit by the flooding, normally would take 14 minutes, but i have beenin take 14 minutes, but i have been in this carfor take 14 minutes, but i have been in this car for nearly one hour, stuck in traffic. i saw about 20 mins ago, probably a convoy about 10—12 emergency vehicles, it was dark but it looks like maybe the fire brigade had enough to try to get to one of those areas that is cut off. as you can imagine,

the roads are completely reluctant. let me turn my camera around and you can see that there are just... we camera around and you can see that there are just. . ._ that there are 'ust. .. we have 'ust lost that there are 'ust. .. we have just lost that — that there are just. .. we have just lost that line, _ that there are just. .. we have just lost that line, we - that there are just. .. we have just lost that line, we will- just lost that line, we will try to reestablish it if we can but obviously condition still difficult there in valencia, nicky shiller hasjust difficult there in valencia, nicky shiller has just landed there as we heard in the last hour and is trying to get to those affected areas for us, but you can see those incredible images we have been seenin incredible images we have been seen in the last few days. let's take a look at the areas worst affected by the flooding. in the town of chiva, near valencia — a popular tourist hotspot — more than a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours. other areas expected to be affected by that heavy rainfall are seville and barcelona. it's expected to continue, too, let's take a look at the rainfall map, which shows more downpours and flooding throughout thursday and into friday. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt reports.

these flash floods were truly apocalyptic. 0ne town got a year's worth of rain injust eight hours. just watch what happens to this bridge. shouting. these images have been widely shared on social media. there was little warning. 0ne local mayor said the first flood alert was just half an hour before the torrent arrived. rescuers have been scrabbling to pluck people and their pets from the surging tide of filthy water all day. just look at the wreckage the floods left in their wake. it is a terrifying reminder of the extreme weather climate change could bring, say scientists. we are seeing a warming climate, which holds more moisture in the atmosphere and we are seeing more severe storms happening more often. and this isn'tjust devastating floods that we've seen in southern spain, but also across the uk and other parts of the world.

"the whole of spain weeps with you," the spanish prime minister told the families of the missing this afternoon. the rescue effort will continue into the night. justin rowlatt, bbc news. let'sjoin nicky let's join nicky shiller, let'sjoin nicky shiller, a reporter in valencia in spain for us. i think we have managed to contact you again, hopefully, you turned your camera around, tell us what we are looking at.— are looking at. this is the traffic jam _ are looking at. this is the traffic jam we are - are looking at. this is the trafficjam we are in. - are looking at. this is the trafficjam we are in. as | are looking at. this is the trafficjam we are in. as i | trafficjam we are in. as i said before we got cut off, absolutely coming out of the airport, all of the roads are completelyjammed solid with completely jammed solid with cars, completelyjammed solid with cars, there are police on all of the roads directing traffic. 0ne of the roads directing traffic. one of the main bridges was one of those gates, and a whole air is shut in, you cannot get to it. it was strange, i was a

flight from stansted, and there were people talking about the fact that they were coming from an area that was flooding, when you got off the plane and it was like landing as you normally would, there was no reason, you come up through passport control, there were taxes, but as soon as you, audits of the airport you realise it is chaos, road jams and security —— emergency services trying to get to those areas affected. we know that about 100,000 people are without power, and i noticed as i came into land that there weren't as many lights as you would expect at that time commenting, so there are definitely areas that don't have power. as i said, we are trying to get to one of those areas that would normally only take about a0 minutes to get to in a car, but it is over one hour now, stuck in the traffic you can see ahead of me, and the road next to us, people

have gotten out of their cars because it is a complete standstill. just seeing some blue flashing lights of the emergency services going by on one of those roads i can see out of the corner of my eye. as you said, there's been a huge devastation in this part of spinning, valencia being hit one years worth of rain in eight hours. we heard from some locals that they only got about 30 minutes warning of the ring that was going down, so some of them did manage to get up high, but others, as you will have seen on the picture is, it through cars around, and the railway lines have been blocked, and the transportation really hard to get around. emergency services are doing their best. there are thousands of troops that have been sent to this area to try to help the emergency services, but a lot

of these areas are very most, so it is quite hard to get to them. we are in valencia, which is very near to the airport, and you can see the difficulty we are having getting around, so in those more remote areas, it is going to be really difficult for the emergency services to get there. we have heard both the prime minister and also the king send their condolences, they declared three days of national mourning which will start tomorrow, and theissueis which will start tomorrow, and the issue is not only that we have those people who were out of their homes and need shelter, but there also people that are still missing. there is no moment —— number at the moment on the number of people missing, but that would be a priority for the emergency services to try to get to those areas and see if they can find those people, but as you have seen from the pictures, there is a huge amount of debris they are going to have to clear. there is mud, there is the

rocks, but also, as you've probably seen, cars, just literally thrown across the road, and the fact that the main railway line has been hit here, it is going to take a long time, and it is going to take helicopters to get to some of their more remote areas to try and get to areas that the been cut off, and those people who are trying to do what they can before the emergency services get to them, so very difficult decision —— conditions across this region of spain after this weather event which does happen quite frequently, between 10—20 times a year here in this area of spain, but there are also no concerns because you would probably be no valencia for oranges, and there are no concerns about what impact that would have on the crops that are in the area, the oranges

that are grown in the area, which are of course exported around the world, so there will be farmers that are concerned as well, and so it is difficult, as you can see, behind me you can see a line of traffic we are stuck in here in valencia, having arrived in the airport. as i said, it felt normal at the airport going to prosper control among lots of bricks on the flights from stansted who were heading here, this is a tourist on a holiday destination as well, but as soon a you try to get out of the airport on the roads, this is what we have hit cues of traffic, and as i said bridges have been close and that there was at one point when we're this jam, probably a convoy of about 10—12 what looked like fire engines and other

emergency vehicles with their blue flashing lights trying to get to one of the areas that is been cut off in the region. thank you for being there live with us in valencia us, i know you just landed, trying to make it to one of the areas that is been worth it. we would be back with you, good to see that traffic moving at a albeit slowly. let me bring in our panel, rebecca harding and doug heye, thank you for being with us and rebecca, when you look at what is happening in spain, extraordinary images with a huge amount of rain in spain with very barely any warning, climate change at the top of everyone's thoughts here. absolutely and i think the worrying thing we have here it follows— worrying thing we have here it follows on the back of a hot summer. _ follows on the back of a hot summer, unusually hot summer, and devastating floods, and

spain — and devastating floods, and spain has had a lot of this issue. _ spain has had a lot of this issue. we _ spain has had a lot of this issue, we can expect more of this_ issue, we can expect more of this type _ issue, we can expect more of this type of this event because the -- — this type of this event because the —— there was the un report that_ the —— there was the un report that shared —— last week that said — that shared —— last week that said the — that shared —— last week that said the climate is warming by 3.1 degrees if we take action. it raises _ 3.1 degrees if we take action. it raises the stakes and meet everyone _ it raises the stakes and meet everyone at realise how urgent this is— everyone at realise how urgent this is because it is costly as welt, — this is because it is costly as well, closes businesses, reducing productivity, and you heard — reducing productivity, and you heard about the oranges there, it six— heard about the oranges there, it six credibly expensive and of the — it six credibly expensive and of the last three or four years it is_ of the last three or four years it is caused europe aa billion euros, — it is caused europe aa billion euros, that's a 53% increase in costs, _ euros, that's a 53% increase in costs. just _ euros, that's a 53% increase in costs, just in relation to climate. _ costs, just in relation to climate, since 2009, that's massive, _ climate, since 2009, that's massive, and most has happened in the _ massive, and most has happened in the last— massive, and most has happened in the last few years. and dou: , in the last few years. and doug. the _ in the last few years. and doug, the us _ in the last few years. and doug, the us seen - in the last few years. and doug, the us seen more| in the last few years. fific doug, the us seen more extreme weather, the hurricanes in recent weeks, whether that is

changing the policy of the two main candidates is hard to know at this point. main candidates is hard to know at this point-— at this point. no, it's hasn't et, at this point. no, it's hasn't yet. part — at this point. no, it's hasn't yet. part of— at this point. no, it's hasn't yet. part of it _ at this point. no, it's hasn't yet, part of it is _ at this point. no, it's hasn't yet, part of it is there - at this point. no, it's hasn't yet, part of it is there are i yet, part of it is there are two compositions that are going on, and i should tell you, i am from that area of north carolina, i have family that was fortunately safe and not really harmed, but neighbours sought lots of damage, but what i heard in the report was similar language to the language used after hurricane helene hit asheville and the surrounding areas, so people losing power, 1521 0