SPAIN HIT by 700mm of RAIN — 500 RESCUED, Towns Completely Cut Off

Описание: Record-breaking rain from the storm known as DANA Adam flooded towns across eastern Spain overnight into Monday, October 19, 2026, sweeping cars through streets, forcing families onto their rooftops and setting off a huge helicopter rescue operation. Close to 700 litres per square metre fell in about a day in Pego and Forna, and AEMET recorded 131.9 l/m² in a single hour on Oliva beach.

Oliva and Pego, in La Safor (Valencia) and La Marina Alta (Alicante), were the hardest hit. The Girona river burst its banks at Els Poblets and El Verger, Pego was cut off overnight, and about 2,000 people were evacuated from campsites in Oliva. Fifteen helicopters from the UME, Guardia Civil, fire services, the Generalitat and Maritime Rescue lifted people from roofs, and close to 500 people had been rescued by Monday afternoon. In Gandia, police used a paddle board to rescue a 93-year-old woman.

The Generalitat ordered 145 municipalities, home to about 800,000 people, to stay at home. By the afternoon the order was lifted everywhere except eight towns: Oliva, Pego, Els Poblets, Xàbia, Piles, Miramar, Bellreguard and Daimús. Four deaths have been linked to the storm, two of them in Oliva. AEMET says the only comparable event in La Safor is November 3, 1987.

In this video, we examine how the rain built up overnight, the rivers that overflowed, the rooftop and helicopter rescues in Oliva, Pego cut off all night, the lockdown, the human toll, and why this stretch of coast gets hit so hard.

TERRA DOSSIER covers natural disasters and extreme weather as they develop, using sourced reporting and avoiding unsupported speculation. Figures as of about 4 PM CEST, Mon Oct 19, 2026, and may change. In an emergency, follow local authorities and call 112.

IN THIS VIDEO:
• Close to 700 l/m² in Pego and Forna, worst since 1987
• Cars swept away as the Girona river floods Els Poblets
• Oliva underwater: 2,000 evacuated, families on rooftops
• 15 helicopters and close to 500 rescues
• Teresa, 93, rescued on a paddle board in Gandia
• Pego cut off all night
• 145 towns locked down, 8 still under restrictions
• The toll and what comes next

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Record Floods Hit Spain's Mediterranean Coast
00:51 — The Night the Sky Opened
01:46 — Close to 700 Litres: Totals Not Seen Since 1987
03:06 — Rivers Out of Their Banks
04:01 — Gandia: The Ravine Overflows
04:56 — Oliva Underwater
06:06 — TRAPPED — Families on Rooftops Wait for Helicopters
06:55 — 15 Helicopters: Inside the Air Rescue
08:11 — Pego Cut Off All Night
09:16 — A Coast on Lockdown
10:27 — The Human Toll
11:20 — Why Here? Why Again?
12:26 — What Comes Next

SOURCES
AEMET (Spanish State Meteorological Agency) · AVAMET · À Punt · RTVE · Europa Press · EFE · laSexta · Cadena SER · Las Provincias · El Español · Onda Cero · Levante-EMV · Generalitat Valenciana · Delegación del Gobierno en la Comunitat Valenciana · UME · Guardia Civil · Salvamento Marítimo · Policía Nacional

FOOTAGE CREDITS (short excerpts, max 5 s each, credited on screen, watermarks kept)
AVAMET (@avamet; authors unknown unless named: Elena Gómez, Salva Fuster) · @PedroConca1 · @tomablas via @P4Estacions · @FurbySinPilas · @InfoMeteoTuit · @mansano21 · @AlertaZeta · @Capitanhispanix · @coolnotesix · @Integral_IG · @nikitakd · @DisasterUpdate2 · @Meteopolde via 20minutos/elDiario.es · Guardia Civil (@guardiacivil; Oliva aerials via El Debate and The Objective) · UME (@UMEgob) · Salvamento Marítimo (@salvamentogob) · Policía Nacional (@policia, via @interiorgob and Europa Press) · À Punt · RTVE · Cuatro · COPE Valencia · Onda Naranja COPE · Onda Capital · Europa Press · @radiovalencia · Gandia Zoom · Radar: AEMET (@AEMET_CValencia). Maps and graphics: TERRA DOSSIER (data AEMET, AVAMET, Generalitat; base map Natural Earth).

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