{"id":243658,"date":"2024-11-01T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T09:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/01\/spain-hit-by-deadliest-floods-in-decades-heres-what-we-know\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T09:02:27","slug":"spain-hit-by-deadliest-floods-in-decades-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/01\/spain-hit-by-deadliest-floods-in-decades-heres-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain hit by deadliest floods in decades. 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But it is clear that as more days pass and they do not appear, the more likely it is that we will have no hope of finding them alive,\u201d Torres added.<\/p>\n<p>Valencia saw its heaviest rainfall in 28 years with people caught off guard and trapped in basements and lower floors of buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency workers are still fighting to rescue those who are trapped, with operations underway to recover bodies and clear debris.<\/p>\n<p>GNA\/Credit: CNN<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov 1 (CNN\/GNA)\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Spain is reeling from its worst flooding in decades, after a year\u2019s worth of rain fell in just hours\u00a0this week\u00a0in the country\u2019s southern and eastern regions. 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