Along the sun-warmed coastlines of north-eastern Spain, where summer's record heat had barely faded, the Mediterranean returned its stored warmth as torrential rain on Wednesday — a reminder that the atmosphere keeps its own accounts. One man lost his life near Olivella when floodwaters swallowed his car, and across Catalonia and Valencia, more than a thousand incidents unfolded in the span of hours. Scientists have long warned that a warming sea breeds fiercer autumn storms, and Valencia — still carrying the grief of 230 lives lost to flooding less than two years ago — is learning that warnin
Flash floods kill one in Barcelona region as Spain faces torrential downpours
One man died when his car was swept away by floodwaters in Olivella.