Madrid, Spain | AFP – Spain will observe three days of mourning from Thursday after rare flash floods that have killed at least 62 people in the eastern Valencia region, a government minister said.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez spoke with King Felipe VI on Wednesday and informed him of the official days of mourning, Angel Victor Torres, minister for territorial policy and democratic memory, told a news conference.

imm/ds/rlp

© Agence France-Presse

Featured image credit: kjpargeter | Freepik

Image
For sale: unique piece of land in strategic Arctic archipelagoNews

For sale: unique piece of land in strategic Arctic archipelago

By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES | AFP Oslo, Norway - The last piece of privately owned land in the strategic Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic is up…
SourceSourceMay 22, 2024 Full article
Satellite Images: Malawi
Image of the day: Drought grips MalawiNews

Image of the day: Drought grips Malawi

Vast swaths of southern Africa are grappling with severe drought, as detailed in the latest Global Drought Observatory Report from the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskApril 23, 2025 Full article
Sattelite image: Perućica rainforest, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Image of the day: Perućica, Europe’s last primeval rainforestNews

Image of the day: Perućica, Europe’s last primeval rainforest

Nestled within Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Sutjeska National Park, Perućica is one of Europe’s last remaining primeval rainforests. This untouched expanse, near the border with Montenegro,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 11, 2025 Full article