#by valencia

[livelaughlovefootball]

my atletico hopes and dreams were crushed today as i cried atletico tears

[brockoliguy]

My country is experiencing a traumatic natural disaster.

I made a comic to make it more digestible.

Shares appreciated, I'm just trying to bring awareness here

[missempanada]

How to help the people in Spain

As you may have seen online, Spain is going through a flash flood since October 29. It's mainly affected the Community of Valencia but also some parts of the south-west and the cold drop is now moving to the north-east.

95 bodies have been found at the time I'm writing this (edit: 205 now), there's still people missing and entire towns are isolated as they don't have electricity and their roads have been destroyed. A lot of people don't have tap water or any means to cook. If you're wondering why people didn't evacuate beforehand, it's because authorities didn't care enough to warn people so technically everyone had to go to work and school. Though politicians should be held accountable, the most important thing at the moment is to help those in need. So here's some ways you can help both people and animals that have been affected.

NGOs and fundraisers

MOST NEEDED AT THE MOMENT: You can donate to Valencia's food bank by making a transfer to this bank account: ES86 2100 2806 6402 0009 8998.

Horta Sud is a county in Valencia that has been the most affected by the floodings. People are leaving their houses because they're scared of the infrastructure getting damaged and even walking by foot to Valencia capital to get food. You can help those families via this gofundme.

Hambre Cero is a Spanish non-profit that was founded after the earthquakes in Indonesia. They will be giving food to those who need it. Here's different ways you can donate.

This gofundme is joining efforts with the town hall of Valencia to help people who have lost their homes.

Una copa por Valencia ("a drink to Valencia") is a campaign organized by Spanish influencer David Aliagas. The idea behind it is to donate the amount of money you would spend on drinks on a night out. He'll be joining effort with local non-profits. You can help here.

Here's a thread of artists that are accepting commissions in exchange for donations for Valencia.

Spanish Kpop fans are organizing a collective fundraiser.

EDIT: took Cáritas and Spanish Red Cross out of this post after this tiktok made by a volunteer went viral and a lot of people posted their experiences working for these NGOs. Apparently they're not distributing food. Instead they're telling people not to send more food and send money instead so they can keep part of it.

Help people directly

Help Sara, Steven and Bruno rebuild their home in Valencia.

Help this high school teacher buy a new car to get back to work.

Raúl was about to open his barbershop on October 31 but it was destroyed by the flood. Please help him get his dream back.

Help the neighbours of Aldaia (Valencia) rebuild their homes.

This artist has been affected by the floods and lost their car. They've opened emergency commissions.

You can help rebuild the town of Letur (Albacete) by donating to this gofundme that's directly coordinated with the town hall.

Rebeca is a seamstress. Her studio was both her workplace and a place were came together for a sewing club in the afternoons. It was destroyed by the flood. You can help her rebuild it here

Animal shelters

Refugio Minipow was home to 50 rabbits and guinea pigs. Thankfully, the owners were able to move all the animals to their homes and those of their neighbors, though the shelter itself has been destroyed right after recent renovations. There's different ways to donate here.

El Refugio de María a dog shelter in Sueca (Valencia), is completely flooded, leaving the dogs visibly distressed, as shown here. You can donate to PayPal maria.g.may@gmail.com

Modepran is a dog shelter in Campanar (Valencia) where infrastructure damage has left some dogs without a proper sleeping area. You can donate through PayPal here.

Gatos Campo de Gibraltar is a cat shelter in Los Barrios (Cádiz). need of assistance for relocating cats to new homes and rebuilding damaged facilities. You can donate to their PayPal gatoscampodegibraltar@gmail.com

Protectora San Antón is an animal shelter for cats and dogs in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). The entire place is flooded and the animals don't have a comfortable place to sleep in. Cats can't even walk on the ground. You can donate to their PayPal protectorasananton@hotmail.com

I'll be adding more as I find them. Thank you everyone for your help.

Edit: adding this because I keep seeing people on Twitter and Tiktok say it makes no sense to give money to people in a "first world" country. I need you people to understand that living in a western country doesn't equal politicians caring about you.

This whole thing started because politicians weren't doing their job and they're still not doing it. People (literal civilians, not firefighters or policemen) are literally pulling bodies from under cars and putting them inside the trunks so children in the affected areas don't see them. There's underground parkings still flooded by water and we don't know how many people may be inside them.

France offered to send us 200 firemen and the Ministry of Interior literally REFUSED. Some of these French firemen came on their own anyway. But that's what our politicians are doing. Negating help and pointing fingers at each other so they don't seem guilty.

[mapsontheweb]

The before and after of tuesday floodings in Valencia, south east Spain.

[0sbrain]

god i cant stop thinking about the DANA.

about a year ago, the local government cut the funding towards the emergency programs because they "were useless"

the climate agency had been warning about what was about to happen for days but they waited until 8pm to issue an emergency warning so people would work through the day. by that time, several communities had already been completely flooded.

the police advised people to get their cars out of the garage because they would probably flood. the streets flooded with hundreds of cars floating around hitting all shorts of infrastructure and people

a DANA or gota fría is a meteorological event that happens when part of a cold current is isolated inside a warm one causing very intense rain. how intense? 630 l/m² in 24 hours. climate change will only make this worse

(satellite images of valencia before and after the DANA)

so far, there are more than 200 confirmed deaths

this is such a nightmare. we couldn't have prevented the rain, but this didn't have to be such a tragedy. la generalitat has failed the valencian people.

NOMÉS EL POBLE SALVA EL POBLE

(please reblog to spread awareness. the people of valencia need help)

[themostefficientwaywithwater]

WHAT'S GOING ON IN SPAIN AND HOW YOU CAN HELP even if you live in a different country

Please read!!

Since October 29, Spain has been going through one of the worst flash floods of this century. The Community of Valencia has been the most affected, but the cold drop also passed through the south-west and is moving now to the north-east.

So far, 211 bodies have been found, and more than 2000 people are still missing. Most fatalities are from Valencia, entire towns are ravaged and isolated as they don't have electricity and the roads have been destroyed. A lot of people has lost their home, more than 15k homes don't have eletricity and they are in need of food, water and hygienic products

The reason Valencia was the most affected is because, despite given a warning 5 days before from the AEMET (Spain's official meteorological agency) of the possible mass floodings due to the cold drop, and the same morning of the catastrophe, it's authorities didn't warn it's people. Valencia's government waited 12h after the last warning from the AEMET (and it's president even said it would subside 2h before the floodings) before declaring the red alert, at 8pm. By then, many people was already caught in the flood while going or coming back from work.

Although politicians must be accountable, our priority is to help those in need, most which have lost their house, belongings and means to live. Because of this, here are some fundraisers and non-profits you can donate to help both people and animals that have been affected (these are from the thread I've just posted, but I'll add more if I find them!):

Horta Sud is a county in Valencia that has been the most affected by the floodings. People are leaving their houses because they're scared of the infrastructure getting damaged and even walking by foot to Valencia capital to get food.

Letur (Albacete) is a town that has been destroyed by the floods. You can help rebuild it by donating to this gofundme that's directly coordinated with the town hall.

Hambre Cero is a Spanish food bank non-profit that was founded after the earthquakes in Indonesia. They're currently active in Palestine and Lebanon but they'll also be giving food to those who need it in Spain.

El Refugio de María a dog shelter in Sueca (Valencia), is completely flooded, leaving the dogs visibly distressed and without a proper place to sleep. You can donate to their PayPal: maria.g.may@gmail.com

Protectora San Antón is a shelter for cats and dogs in Jerez de la Frontera. It's flooded and the animals don't have a comfortable place to sleep in. If you live in Spain you can bizum them @ 635011715 If not, PayPal protectorasananton@hotmail.com

Help Sara and her family rebuild their home in Valencia.

Refugio Minipow was home to 50 rabbits and guinea pigs. Thankfully, the owners were able to move all the animals to their homes and those of their neighbors, though the shelter itself has been destroyed right after recent renovations. They accept help through PayPal, Bizum or a transference to their bank account.

Una copa por Valencia ("a drink to Valencia") is a campaign organized by Spanish influencer David Aliagas. The idea behind it is to donate the amount of money you would spend on drinks on a night out. He'll be joining effort with local non-profits.

Help the people of Mira (Cuenca) rebuild their hometown.

This group of artists is giving away drawings to people who donate at least 5€ to any of the fundraisers listed in the thread!!!

You can donate to Valencia's food bank by making a transfer to this bank account: ES86 2100 2806 6402 0009 8998

Thread of artists that are accepting comissions for Valencia:

This artist has been directed by the floodings. He just opened emergency comissions

I'll add more fundraising campaigns I find on Twitter/Bluesky, but until then, please consider helping in any way you can! Even if it's just by sharing!

[dankomaksimovic]

ph. Danko Maksimovic - Valencia, Spain (2024)

Film: Kodak Ultramax 400

[whosblackcat]

what’s happening in spain and how can you help? + donation links

there’s being a flash flood in spain, the most affected part being the community of valencia. there are several victims, missing people and lots of damages. the government isn’t helping and the media is lying about the amount of dead people. lots of people are dead but they chose to lie and reduce the amount, when locals are reporting the very high amount of dead people. more info and well explained in these tweets, i saw them and i wanted to share them here for more diffusion. there are also donation links so if you’re able to donate that would be really helpful. pls share, thank you.

it’s really devastating, my twitter is full of people asking for help because their loved ones are missing and they can't contact them. today it’s them, but tomorrow it could be you and your loved ones.

sorry for any mistakes, english isn't my first language. info and donation links below the cut

— THREAD ABOUT WHATS GOING ON WITH DETAILS + another donation links (for people outside spain & spaniards):

— #ArtistsForValencia on X (twitter) -> artists that send you a sketch of a character of your choice as a thank you if you donate at least 5 euros (for people outside spain & spaniards):

below here just in spanish bc only ppl living here can donate.

— links de donación en general:

— madrid:

— país vasco:

+ vitoria-gazteiz: Bar Itxaso (Venezuela Kalea, 18, BAJO, Pilar, 01012 Gasteiz, Araba). recogen donativos para llevar mañana, sábado, en furgoneta!

— valencia:

— yelmo cines:

[geryone]

Ridiculous Light, Valencia Robin

[kropotkindersurprise]

November 3, 2024 - People in Valencia pelted the Spanish King Félipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez with mud and rocks as they visited the region devastated by deadly floods for a photo-op.

The King was jeered and booed by hundreds with chants of "murderer!" as he visited the town of Paiporta followed by hundreds of police, while people affected by the floods had to fend for themselves for days without the government sending any kind of help. Thousands of volunteers walked to the affected areas to help, because the government closed the roads. [video]

[bonito-flakes]

please, repost and help with the diffusion of this post!!!!

hey so probably not a lot of you are aware of what's going on in Valencia (Spain) right now , and we're going through some really bad meteorological conditions (know as DANA) which paired with the government's late actions have caused A LOT of people to be victims of floods.

as of now, around 160 people have been declared dead and there are uncountable missing people. the situation is critical, many people from the municipalities around Valencia (paiporta, alfafar, sedaví, xiva, benetusser, catarroja, silla, la torre... and more) don't have running water or electricity. hundreds of animals are being transported however possible since shelters have been destroyed. people are starving unable to drink water, and incommunicated. everyone around here is trying to help, but for now, the accesses are cut and we can't go physically help them, we can only donate things they need.

DONATIONS/GOFUNDME

these are some links to help the victims of this situation and the future reconstruction of this huge area that has been destroyed

https://www.gofundme.com/f/una-copa-por-valencia?qid=4d79e2c673dc9f2024b6d8acb47953ca

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ayuda-damnificados-por-el-dana-en-valencia?qid=4d79e2c673dc9f2024b6d8acb47953ca

this link is specifically to help animal shelters that have been wrecked and are in a critical situation

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ayudemos-a-el-refugio-de-maria-tras-la-dana?qid=4d79e2c673dc9f2024b6d8acb47953ca

INFORMATION/DIFFUSION

this is an instagram account which reports missing people around here

https://www.instagram.com/desaparecidosdanavlc?igsh=MXIzcmFlbmZ2MmF6ZA==

this account is trying to find specific help for people who need it using help forms

https://www.instagram.com/suportmutudana?igsh=MXF6YXFtNTl1dGQ2bg==

I'll try to update more resources about the situation and links where you can donate whenever i can although im pretty busy since im doing stuff around here too.

thank you for reading, please, spread the word! <3

[aestum]

(by Francesco Liotti)

[sucka99]

[beatricecenci]

Josep Benlliure i Gil (Spanish, 1855-1937)

El jardí de l’autor

[iko66]

Valencia, Spain

[woundposting]

a lot of people pointed this out before, but for reference to americans: hurricane milton caused 27 dead, these massive storms in valencia caused more than 90 deaths in a region that is much, much smaller... the weather services warned about the danger, and political authorities still did nothing to send people home from their jobs. the civil alarms reached our phones at 8pm, when many were already trapped in cars, basements, malls, factories. the loss, especially human loss, is incalculable