Spain's traumatised Valencia region emerged unscathed from an urgent rain alert on Thursday, two weeks after the country's deadliest floods in decades killed more than 200 people there.The October 29 disaster killed 224 people -- almost all in the Valencia region -- as well as destroying homes,

Two weeks after Spain's deadliest flooding in decades that killed more than 200 people, a fresh overnight rain alert issued by the national weather agency was downgraded from the highest level

Almost half of the people killed in Spain's Valencia region during recent floods were 70 years old or older and 26 were foreigners, authorities said on Thursday.

Coastal areas of Valencia were placed under the highest alert on Wednesday evening, with up to 7 inches of rain in the forecast.

Valencia braces for more heavy rain just twoweeks after floods devastated parts of Spain:: November 13, 2024:: Paiporta, SpainThe Spanish weather agency AEMET issued an orange alert on Tuesday (November 12) for Valencia’s southern coastal area,

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a new economic relief package for victims of the storms that killed more than 220 people in the country’s worst natural disaster in more than six decades.

The flash floods were caused by heavy rain, which by Wednesday morning had begun "easing off," according to the country's meteorological agency.

Spain closed schools and evacuated residents as heavy rains lashed the country Wednesday, two weeks after its worst floods in a generation killed more than 200 people.The rain also meant schools and universities closed across large parts of Valencia,