Why You’ve Never Heard of the World’s Deadliest Storm

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Cars tossed into the streets, infrastructure reduced to rubble, and a death toll of over 200. In October 2024, Valencia experienced a catastrophic flooding event unlike anything in Spain's modern history, thanks to a phenomenon called a DANA storm. In this video, we’re delving into the science mechanisms driving the destruction. How can we prevent similar tragedies from happening again? ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Subscribe to the channel! https://youtube.com/@AstrumEarth Sign-up to our Patreon for early access to Astrum Earth content: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Check out the other Astrum channels for videos about space and astronomy: Astrum: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumspace Astrum Extra: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumextra Astrum on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq3o3dpvBb173ZTKi?si=a90d3efe3b704c83 Astrum Infographic Artwork: https://electrify.art/collections/astrum Astrum Displate Posters: https://astrumspace.info/Displates Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: https://discord.gg/TKw8Hpvtv8 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: “Biggest natural disaster in Spain's recent history” via trtworld.com https://bit.ly/valenciareport “Valencia floods: Spain clings to fragments of hope in time of disaster”, via bbc.co.uk https://bit.ly/BBCvalencia “'Life turned to dust': A family's grief after Spain floods”, via bbc.co.uk https://bit.ly/valenciatragedy “Valencia floods: Our warming climate is making once-rare weather more common, and more destructive”, via theconversation.com https://bit.ly/morecommonfloods “Meteorological analysis of extreme flash flood situation in the Valencia region”, via essl.org https://bit.ly/esslflood “ Synoptic causes of torrential rainfall in South-eastern Spain (1941–2017)”, via unirioja.es https://bit.ly/rainfallcauses “Flood Hazards in Flat Coastal Areas of the Eastern Iberian Peninsula: A Case Study in Oliva (Valencia, Spain)”, via mdpi.com https://bit.ly/Iberianpeninsula “Quasi-Stationary Intense Rainstorms Spread Across Europe Under Cl