Spanish town's unexpected disaster: Creek turns deadly after massive rainfall
Small Spanish town Paiporta faced devastating floods despite minimal local rainfall. Nearby watershed area got years-worth of rain in hours causing creek overflow and tragic consequences
The peaceful town of Paiporta in eastern-Spain now sits under a thick blanket of mud (the aftermath of this weeks devastating floods). Mayor Maribel Albalat shared some heart-breaking numbers: their small community lost 62 people out of 159 total flood-related deaths in the region
What makes this disaster unique is that Paiporta didnt get much rain itself; instead the local creek — which cuts right through town — got overloaded from the Chiva watershed area. The water-flow became so powerful it destroyed a bridge: the force was completely unexpected
The nearby Chiva region got hit with extreme rainfall thats usually spread across 12 months‚ but this time it all came down in just a few hours. This massive amount of water had nowhere to go except downstream to places like Paiporta where it caused major destruction and left every street covered in sticky-brown mud
