Spain has ramped up its response to the devastating floods in the Valencia region by dispatching an additional 500 soldiers, as the death toll rises above 200. This brings the number of deployed troops to around 1,

VALENCIA is ground zero for the worst natural disaster to hit Spain in a century, claiming at least 95 lives. But it is certainly not the first time that

The search for the dead and missing continues, more than a week since the Oct. 29 floods hit — as well as a gargantuan cleanup and recovery effort. Here’s a look at Spain’s deadliest natural disaster of the century,

The number only corresponds to the eastern Valencia region, where 211 of the 217 confirmed deaths took place when entire communities were swamped by tsunami-like floods on Oct. 29

One week after catastrophic flooding devasted eastern Spain, María Murgui still holds out hope that her father is alive and among the unknown number of the missing. "He was like many people in town who went out to get their car or motorbike to safety,