Vocabulary
What is the English word for when water covers land that is usually dry?
Flood
What is the date when Valencia received a year’s worth of rain in eight hours?
October 29, 2024.
What is the region of Spain most affected by the floods?
The province of Valencia.
What is the estimated number of fatalities (deaths) caused by the floods?
Over 220.
What type of infrastructure did Spanish citizens demand an increase of to manage future floods?
Flood defenses.
What is the term for moving people to safety during a disaster?
Evacuation.
People in flooded areas were advised to do this to stay safe from the rising waters.
What is the river, which runs through Valencia, that overflowed and caused widespread destruction.
The Turía River.
What critical type of infrastructure suffered major damage, disrupting transport and access?
Roads and bridges.
What did protestors throw at members of the Spanish government who visited Valencia in the days after the floods?
Mud.
What do you call a flat area next to a river that is likely to flood?
Floodplain.
This weather phenomenon caused unprecedented flooding.
What is torrential rainfall.
Name three of the cities/towns most heavily impacted by the floods.
Valencia City, Chiva, Massanassa, L’Albufera, Torrent, Picassent.
What is the economic impact of destroyed agricultural lands in Valencia?
Protestors threw mud at these three individuals.
Who are Valencian President Carlos Mazón, Spanish King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
What is the term for a plan to stop or reduce flooding in a city?
Flood control or flood management.
The floods caused widespread destruction, impacting this number of towns and villages in the Valencia region.
What is 20.
What is the primary weather feature that stalled over the Mediterranean, intensifying rainfall.
A cut-off low-pressure system.
What did the Spanish government declare as the deadliest flood in the country’s modern history?
The Valencia 2024 floods.
Activists cited this broader environmental issue as a contributing factor to the disaster.
What is climate change.
What word describes the process of moving a river to a new path?
Rerouting.
The destruction included over 10,000 hectares of this type of land, severely affecting farmers.
What are agricultural lands.
A "DANA" storm system caused the floods. What does "DANA" stand for in Spanish?
Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos.
How many people protested in Valencia following the floods?
Over 130,000.
Residents blamed the government for ignoring this type of weather warning issued earlier in the day.
What is a red alert.