In the heart of Valencia, Spain, amidst the vibrant scenery of a city steeped in history and culture, lies a hidden gem that defies expectations. The post From Flood to Field, the Story of How ...

The Turia River in Valencia, Spain, was diverted for flood-control purposes. Now, the city has miles of parkland on the old riverbed. L.A. could do something similar.

Meanwhile, the channel of the Turia river and the L'Albufera coastal wetlands were filled with the sediment-laden deluge. An image of Valencia, Spain on Oct. 25, 2022, taken from NASA's Landsat 8 ...

Jesús Lucero Ezquerro lives in Valencia and describes deep mud and cars piled up in the Spanish city where a storm has killed over 100 people. I live in Valencia, Spain, where flooding has taken ...

I couldn’t believe what I saw young people doing in the Valencia floods. ... (Great Flood) of 1957, which ... and was the reason the Túria River was diverted to the south of the city.

I walked for 20km through the flood hit areas with a camera and radio microphone, and everyone I spoke to told me the same story. Whole communities have been completely decimated; hundreds of lives ...

One of the country's largest urban parks, Jardí del Túria was built after a fatal 1957 flood of the Turia River, which was then diverted over the course of the mid- to late 1960s.

Jesús Lucero Ezquerro, who lives in Valencia, was in disbelief when he saw the damage from floods. He said people in the path of the waters got little advance warning. Ezquerro said his city was ...