Showing posts with label valencia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valencia. Show all posts

Saturday, November 2, 2024

#Spain #floods: Volunteers help rescue attempts as government announce largest peacetime mobilisation: Sky News

2 November 2024

Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, announces the largest army deployment in peacetime, with 10,000 more police and soldiers being sent to help people recover from the deadly flooding. The death toll in the Valencia region has risen to 211 people. But local have criticized the authorities for being poorly prepared, saying they feel "abandoned by the government". Hundreds of volunteers have now taken it upon themselves to help, as police fear more bodies are hidden in the wreckage of the floods. Sky's Europe correspondent Adam Parsons talks to some of those affected in town of Paiporta.


#spain #spainfloods #valencia

Friday, November 1, 2024

#Spain #storm #floods - Spain floods death toll rises as rescuers continue search for survivors | BBC News

1 November 2024

At least 158 ​​people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in generations as rescuers battle odds to find survivors.

"Right now the most important thing is to save as many lives as possible," Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told victims in a visit to affected communities.

But in some of the towns worst-hit in Tuesday night's floods, people were left to the task of recovering bodies from the mud and wreckage. "We all know someone who has died," said pharmacist Miguel Guerrilla, standing outside his chemist shop which has been covered in thick mud.

Questions have been asked over whether disaster management services issued warnings too late.


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#valencia #dana #storm #rain #rainfall

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

#Spain #España #Dana #Valencia - floods kill at least 51 people | BBC News (latest 62 dead 12:00 hrs)

30 October 2024

At least 51 people are known to have died after torrential rain caused flash floods in south-eastern Spain, authorities have said. Local officials in Valencia say it is "impossible" to put a final figure on the number of people who have died. Much of the country has been badly hit by heavy rain and hailstorms, triggering rapid flooding across multiple areas. In the town of Chiva near Valencia more than a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours.


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Sunday, March 20, 2011

España hoy - ultima noche de fallas - Mascletá plaza Ayuntamiento Valencia del día 19 marzo 2011

Mascletá de las Fallas de Valencia 2011 en la plaza del Ayuntamiento del día 19 de marzo http://www.fallas.es
Las Fallas (Falles tradicionalmente, en valenciano) es una fiesta celebrada del 15 al 19 de marzo en algunas ciudades y pueblos de la Comunidad Valenciana (España), entre ellas principalmente en Valencia, Sagunto, Utiel, Alcira y Burriana (Castellón). También en el resto de España, como en la ciudad de Palma de Mallorca o incluso Huelva, así como en la ciudad argentina de Mar del Plata, receptora de miles de inmigrantes valencianos. También llamadas fiestas josefinas o festes de Sant Josep (en valenciano) se celebran en honor de San José, patrón de los carpinteros. Está catalogada como fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional.

La denominación de fallas corresponde a las construcciones artísticas de materiales combustibles en su conjunto, que representan figuras conocidas como ninots y composiciones de elementos. A lo largo de la historia los materiales han ido evolucionando pero, tradicionalmente, estos ninots eran de papel, cartón y madera. Actualmente las figuras más voluminosas se hacen de corcho blanco, ya que permiten formas más ligeras y de mayor tamaño.

En Valencia, con la costumbre de extender el nombre a todos los aspectos, también se extiende éste a la denominación genérica de la festividad así como a la agrupación de vecinos que constituyen la comisión fallera, siendo sus integrantes conocidos como falleros y falleras. Cada comisión fallera, cada grupo de falleros, planta una falla (un monumento) que entra a concurso.

The Falles (in valencian) or Fallas (in Spanish) are a Valencian traditional celebration in praise of Saint Joseph in Valencia, Spain. The term Falles refers to both the celebration and the monuments created during the celebration. A number of towns in the Valencian Community have similar celebrations inspired in the original one from the city of Valencia.

Each neighbourhood of the city has an organized group of people, the Casal faller, that works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners, usually featuring the famous speciality paella. Each casal faller produces a construction known as a falla which is eventually burnt. A casal faller is also known as a comissió fallera.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

En las noticias de esta semana - Intrusos en Puente de la Peineta de Calatrava - Valencia - España


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Dos intrusos paseando en monopatin encima del Puente de Calatrava en el Paseo de la Alameda de Valencia.

El Puente de la exposición o de "la Peineta", conocido así por su peculiar diseño, se encuentra en la ciudad de Valencia, ya se ha convertido en todo un reto para los jóvenes. Son capaces de cruzarlo a gatas, corriendo o incluso en monopatín, arriesgando sus vidas