Flash floods in eastern Spain have taken the lives of at least 95 people. Spanish authorities said on Wednesday that in some areas, more than a month’s worth of rain fell in less than 24 hours, causing the worst flooding in decades. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Hannah Cloke, a hydrologist at the University of Reading, about what caused this natural disaster and why it seemed to come out of nowhere.
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