Geography

‘End of the world’ floods sweep Spain

Desperate: A major rescue effort is underway to find the large numbers of people still missing in flood-hit eastern Spain, and forecasters are warning that more torrential rain is on the way for some of the worst-hit areas.

Is this a warning to us all? A year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of hours in eastern and southern Spain, causing some of the deadliest flooding in decades. Almost 160 people have been reported dead so far.