Zoom EarthDevastating scenes of piled-up cars in #Valencia, #Spain today after yesterday’s historic flooding. A year’s worth of rain fell in a few hours with a peak of 500mm.
Mighty Orbot@zoom_earth “Spanish weather service AEMET reported that Chiva, in the Valencia region, recorded 491mm of rain in just eight hours on Tuesday - the equivalent to a year's worth of rain.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qlpp5gxvo
draeath@mighty_orbot @zoom_earth 19.3 inches over 8 hours!? I just went through a CAT4 hurricane a couple weeks ago and we had less than half that much rainfall and we're still dealing with flooding.
I can't even imagine 19 inches...