but a project to the university of valencia is helping restore what photos can be saved, preserving people's cherished memories. of these exp, butso, working to restore photos damaged by flood waters, helping families because of the precious memories of loved ones. for many, these mementos our own, they have left, it's around because i'm not doing it. my mother's house when they passed away, my siblings and i did not remove anything. so all our history is there, like one of them is with the lift. so the mess because furniture on appliances can be replaced and the sooner or later we'll have that back to assessed for this, but we don't have the negatives for those photos. despite being material things, the emotional value they have is impossible to measure outcomes and we'll send him and then in kind of a lot of the deadly floods in spain, one of the worst. and it's more than history gleamed over $200.00 lives and caused widespread devastation of the photos that were able to be saved. many our fragile water logged and faded. some are stuck together, making the restoration process more difficul

but the project at the university of valencia is helping to restore photos and to preserve memories. these exports are working to restore photos damaged by flood waters, helping families preserve precious memories of loved ones. for many, these mementos our own, they have left. it's ironic us. i'm as they were at my mother's house when they passed away my siblings and i did not remove any thing. so all our histories, they're like, one of them is the most because furniture and appliances can be replaced and the sooner or later we'll have that back to assess for this. but we don't have the negatives for those photos. despite being material things, the emotional value they have is impossible to measure company those and the mentality in kind of collaborative the deadly floods in spain, one of the worst. and it's more than history claimed over $200.00 lives and caused widespread devastation of the photos that were able to be saved. many, our fragile water logged and faded, some are stuck together, making the restoration process more difficult. once restored these photos that we were done

of code for protests against the peer crisis management. here in valencia's suburbs, many people are expected to join with jeff to costa is a climate scientist at the university of redding. in england, he told us more about the so called cold drop with the phenomena that triggered storms in the region. well, thanks for the question. so cold drop is a term use the lot in spain and also, and from for recurring, whether friends and what a phenomenon i usually also winter. now climate change. i think we're past the debate, whether climate changes have been uh, how much climate change is when says there to the storm. practice. we live in a changing climate. this of the well predicts to this document the world leaders have splits to making the world of better and safer and more with disability employees. we know that climate change, let's put it the other way around. if there was no climate change to the scale of the event would be likely to happen in this type of frequency and intensity. so what we're seeing now is really the risk for rain cold dropped as you said, but there's more moisture in the swear, cuz the other says, warming through fossil fuel burning clim

valencia. benjamin horton, director of the earth university singaporejoins me.st of all, to these floods suggest climate change is getting worse and how much could be directly attributed?— attributed? scientists are reluctant _ attributed? scientists are reluctant to _ attributed? scientists are reluctant to pin _ attributed? scientists are reluctant to pin any - attributed? scientists are reluctant to pin any one | attributed? scientists are - reluctant to pin any one event to climate change but the body of evidence that we see recently from devastating natural hazards becoming humanitarian disasters clearly points to the climate change is the root cause for the increase in intensity and severity of these events.— in intensity and severity of these events. intensity and severity. — these events. intensity and severity. are _ these events. intensity and severity, are they - these events. intensity and severity, are they also - these events. intensity and | severity, are they also more difficult to predict? of course in this instance in spain there is a huge amou

environmental and climate policy at the technical university of unit continue with this. miranda was climate change while the regional government in valencia to blame for this, the shift scale of this disaster, or maybe even the national government in madrid. how the 3 intellect. certainly climate change played a big role. we've had years of drought in spain followed by a year's worth of rain in a day. and so you know, that just couldn't absorb that water. but at the same time, governments need to be prepared for what's coming with climate change. and that means the need for a very rapid and effective early warning systems, sirens, communication messages that happened before the flood hits and not after. we've seen the same problem elsewhere, also in germany a few years ago with the river catastrophe. the same thing happened was too late, that the warnings came out, so it's a european problem. and within spain, we just haven't seen enough attention being given to the need for redesigning our urban communities that are growing so rapidly to deal with these southern kinds of rains. we need sponge cities that can absorb the water and not just

exhaustion community persist in the face of tragedy under the jago algebra. cuba, valencia as a spring in david's revival, he's assistant professor valencia polytechnic university. joins us now live from valencia. thank you so much for your time. i believe you as well as all the volunteers have been involved in the clean up operations. what are you finding of the biggest challenges at this point? yes. hello, good morning. eh, we are actually, there's actually tens of thousands of people going from all the villages surrounding also from valencia to all the, all the different areas there. so it'd be community effort to help all those. and all of that has a theory asked me the giving like providing them some help in as you were mentioning before on the people on the area where eventually or taking out the water from now safe cleaning. taking out the storage furniture inside the house is trying to like farm trucks where and taking out the cars from the street that they are blocking the entrance to houses and people are also getting lots of ad for 13 walter. jenny material to face just brush cleaning elements at the just that's where i 14 the houses and also stood h

involuntary, but also in other parts of the john phillips shouts in valencia cut all that kinda is an associate professor in the sense of a flight risk and resilience, but al university of london, welcome to d. w. let's start with what might have gone wrong. in our report, we had people criticizing or thought his felt like a warning about this disaster, but we do know the interfering floodway and the system data board repeatedly about the adverse weather system of a central europe. so did spain ignore those warnings? i mean, obviously in detailed investigations will need to happen in terms what happens in the chain of command of those things. but it is quite clear. one cornerstone of community resilience is that you have good communication channel. people need to be informed time needs been previously mentioned, that people were only getting the alerts when they were already sitting and browning costs. these holdings need to happen early, they need to go, why the radio, why a tv. we need to mobile phone emergency services, and nothing not to forget is full so that we need appropriate a sovereign warning systems because not everybody will have maybe a mobile phone on

choice to be the next us secretary of state and a spanish university helping people hold on to memories by restoring photos that were destroyed in the floods in valencia the.

here in valencia's suburbs, many people are expected to join which if the cost to is a climate scientist at the university of redding in england, he told us more about the so called cold drop with the phenomena, and that triggered the storms in the region. well, thanks for the question. so cold drop is a term used a lot in spain and also, and from for recurring whether friends and with a phenomenon, i usually also winter. so now climate change. i think we're past the debate, whether climate changes have been, uh, how much climate change is when says there to the storm practice. we live in a changing climate. this of the well predicts that this document, the world leaders have let's to making the world of better and safer and more is cyliam klivis. we know that climate change. let's put it the other way around. if there was no climate change, the scale of event would be unlikely to happen in this type of frequency and intensity. so what we're seeing now is really the rec for and cold drop as you said . but there's more moisture in dealt with swear, cuz the other says warming through fossil fuel, burning clima

of bureaus to rebuild the communities that were devastated by recent flash floods. many survivors lost their homes and possessions, including family photo albums. a project to the university valencia is helping restore what photos can be saved and preserving people's cherished memories as well . these experts are working to restore photos damaged by flood waters, helping families because of precious memories of loved ones. for many, these mementos our own they have left is around me because i'm as they were at my mother's house when they passed away my siblings and i did not remove any things to all our histories. their loan is restless. so the mess because furniture on appliances can be replaced and the sooner or later we'll have that back to assess for this. but we don't have been negatives for those photos. despite being material things, the emotional value they have is impossible to measure outcome, pen needles and the mentality in kind of collaborative. the douglas loves in spain one of the worst, and it's more than history claimed over $200.00 lives and caused widespread devastation of the photos that were able to be saved. many our fragile water logged and faded. some are s

of political science that does a university. so thank you so much for joining us. you've got you. all right, so in use out canada has had a sit a conference in support of valencia's so called peas, 5 to end the conflict with roger, i'm numerous european officials who are in attendance jealous, delayed z, low status, was also that he off participants, whether the lives of policy is martha as much to them as the plan is they were reluctant to answer for a power steering lines worth as much as your premium lives. you don't think so, excuse me gentlemen, or palestinian lives worth as much as your premium lives? no, you don't think so. i take that as a no or pell as the lives worth as much as your opinion lives. yes, no one seems to want to answer my question. i thought it was a simple question. palestinian lives worth as much as you premium lives. are you printing lives worth more than tell us any lives? simple yes or no, we'll do. i'll take even a maybe say is the beginning of the call. say it's a new claim that a 3 years ago, fewer than $12000.00 civilians are being killed. however, up into one year, the wind guard that the death toll in that region has amounted to

city of arts and science complex in valencia, equipped with shoves, brushes, drinking water, and food. joining me live dr mona hemmati, adjunct associate research scientist at columbia university known. it's very important to ask them if _ known. it's very important to ask them if these _ known. it's very important to ask them if these disasters l known. it's very important to l ask them if these disasters are becoming more frequent. the government should be prepared for half of these types of disasters. the first action they can consider is shelter, clean water and trying to help the community to get access to the community to get access to the utilities as soon as possible. these are the most immediate actions, but there are many factors that governments need to understand and need to considerfor using this time. using this time as a kind of foundation for building more resilient company duties —— communities. this is actually something that is very close to what we saw in asheville a couple of weeks ago after... this is something that is happening all around the world, and both governments and also people, residents, gaining more knowledge about this and being prepared abou

valencia. let's go now to pablo called her on martinez. he's an associate professor of politics and international relations northeast and university london, and he's also a specialist and contemporary spanish politics joins us now live from london, says sonia that was saying that it was hard. it surprised to see the strings of anger leveled at the king. give him a sense of abundant, been felt by people uh that in that town. but you shops to see the king being treated this way. i mean, he ended up with not being someone his face. yeah, i think she, i think, yeah, i agree with the says that i don't think was a surprise. it was a shock to see the sort of reaction against the general institution, some of the general response of the governments. i suppose at every level, the regional government and the, the, the central government, the federal government, if you wish. i did not necessarily expect that to be the case against the key and certainly because traditionally they can use a forcing us a feature that trust sense bullet thanks to some expense. we know that it's not necessarily the case in spain, but certainly reach in like valencia, whic

however, yesterday, i was talking to a in the university of valencia and he told me that people expectths of cleaning up and rebuilding. the area in barcelona is not really affected — that's just valencia. that's the zero zone. and talk us through how this is being felt right now? because we saw a lot of anger — people in valencia felt that they were abandoned, they were not warned with enough time, they were not looked after properly. what's the feeling now? the looked after properly. what's the feeling now?— looked after properly. what's the feeling now? the feeling is much better— the feeling now? the feeling is much better now. _ the feeling now? the feeling is much better now. there - the feeling now? the feeling is much better now. there is - the feeling now? the feeling is much better now. there is a i much better now. there is a huge wave of solidarity. for example, i see — i've seen my own students going there at the weekend to help. people feel that now they are in a state of tension. everyone is talking about this in spain. and the good thing is that we have a public agency

valencia. joining me live is daniel swain, climate scientist at the university of california institute of environments tonight. i want to start with what we are witnessing in spain. why are we seeing these continued periods of flooding question mark?- seeing these continued periods of flooding question mark? thank you for havin: flooding question mark? thank you for having me. _ flooding question mark? thank you for having me, when _ flooding question mark? thank you for having me, when it _ flooding question mark? thank you for having me, when it comes - flooding question mark? thank you for having me, when it comes to i for having me, when it comes to extreme precipitation events, a confluence of factors for any events but when we see such extreme rain events as we see in spain repeatedly in recent weeks, we know there are links to climate change. we know that when we have storms that are otherwise conducive for the production of very intense thunderstorms and rain fall, a warming atmosphere allows the storms that contain significantly more moisture and produce more intense precipitation then they