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Tens of thousands marched in the eastern city of Valencia on Saturday demanding the resignation of the regional president in charge of emergency response after catastrophic floods.

At least 63 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods swept away cars and disrupted highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the country in recent memory.

It is Spain's most deadly natural disaster in living memory. Officials said Thursday that 155 people were killed by the floods in the hardest-hit region of Valencia.

The season's first atmospheric river dumped an estimated 340 millimetres of rain on the community over the course of three days, overwhelming creeks and damaging homes.

Spanish rescuers opened a temporary morgue in a convention center and battled to reach areas still cut off on Friday as the death toll rose to 205 people.

By Sunday, between 80 and120 millimetres of rain is expected to fall, with the intensity expected to ease Saturday night before a second round of heavy rain on Sunday.

The death toll is expected to rise further as reports come in from isolated areas. "The water was just too much,” said President Ferdinand Marcos, pledging a flood control project.

Summer 2024 will go down as one of the costliest summers for flooding in Ontario’s history with more than $1 billion in insured damage logged.

A $600-million flood prevention project in Manitoba is now under review and the provincial government has no timeline for starting construction.

Large sections of provincial parks in southern British Columbia remain closed after recent heavy rain and wind storms that caused flooding and damaged trails, campsites and roads.

Flooding on Vancouver Island's Sarita River is being blamed for the death of one motorist and the suspected death of a second. Their vehicles were found in the river.

Jessica said her dad and uncle were at a friend's place, helping clean up a flooded basement, when her dad went to take the dog out for a washroom break. 

Why is the music industry seeing a flood of #MeToo allegations and scandals? Probably because this is long overdue.

Some roads around Metro Vancouver have been closed due to flooding and police in North Vancouver and West Vancouver were warning about worsening conditions.

Several flood and high wind warnings are still in effect as Hurricane Helene, now a post-tropical cyclone, is expected to hover over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday.

Hurricane Milton has left a trail of destruction as it pummelled Florida’s coastal areas, damaging homes, flooding roads and knocking out power.

Helene made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned the enormous system could create a 'nightmare' storm surge.

An initial process for those interested in opening new government-funded addiction centres saw just over 80 groups indicating they planned to try and get involved.

Experts expect floods from heavy rains to happen more frequently, and municipalities are struggling to come up with ways to protect property, including amending laws.

Heavy rains and floods ravaged large parts of Central Europe, and at least 17 people have died in flooding from Austria to Romania in the past few days.