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El cambio climático empeoró las inundaciones en España
October 31, 2024 - Las inundaciones repentinas catastróficas que han causado la muerte de más de 150 personas son resultado de un fenómeno meteorológico conocido como DANA que, según se cree, es cada vez más grave debido al cambio climático.
Meteorologists have said that the rainfall in Spain is most likely the result of a sudden “cold drop,” also known as DANA, a Spanish acronym for high-altitude isolated depression.
That happens when cold air moves over the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea, allowing the hotter, moist air at the surface to rise quickly and producing giant rain clouds. Then, the storm system pushes these moisture-rich clouds over land.
Crews are searching for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings following the flash floods that claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 deaths confirmed in the eastern Valencia region alone.