18 h. ago Benidorm floods in freak storm as roads become 'river' and people swim in street

Holidaymaker Andy Forrest, 58, from North Shields, described the scene in Benidorm as 'crazy' as a torrential rainstorm turned the holiday hotspot's streets into rivers

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23 h. ago Moment man tries to swim through the streets of flooded Benidorm while cars are submerged in Italy as Europe is battered by freak storms with more to come

The clip shows him lying on the road and attempting a front crawl through fast-flowing water as the Spanish resort was hit with heavy downpours.

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23 h. ago Biblical rain in Benidorm as Brits swim down high street while beaches flood

Holidaymakers in Spain have been left stranded and soggy as storms and flash flooding have hit the country marking the end of summer. One person was seen swimming down a high street

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4 d. ago Panic in the sea as 'cute' creature starts attacking swimmers

A group of people were enjoying a swim in the ocean when they were joined by a 'cute' sea creature – but the interaction quickly turned sour as the animal started to attack them

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2 w. ago Young people 'left at risk of drowning' due to pool closures, experts say

More and more young people don’t know how to swim properly as a new study uncovered a worrying trend

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2 w. ago Freak maritime 'supercell' storm sparks chaos in Italian tourist hotspot as cars are crushed by falling trees and buildings flooded

The north-east Emilia-Romagna region has been left ravaged by a violent storm that included rain, hail and winds exceeding 100km/h. It swept through the Rimini and Ravenna areas.

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3 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Life on Santa Rosa Island, a meeting point of three nations along the Amazon River

Santa Rosa is a small island in the middle of the Amazon River. It has just one paved road, no running water and a health post ill-equipped for emergencies. Despite its limitations, residents maintain a fluid and highly interconnected triple-border life, regularly crossing to Colombia and Brazil for shopping, healthcare and daily needs.

Culture

3 w. ago 'I’ve never seen anything like it': Major leak leaves road 'like a river' as drivers forced to plough through inches of water

The incident happened next to the junction of Jacksons Lane and Arundel Avenue.

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3 w. ago Moment tourists run for cover as freak 'Satan's Storm' lashes Spanish beach

In one of several weather events to sweep the continent in recent days, tourists sprinted for cover from a rare heat burst in near-hurricane force winds in southern Spain's Costa Tropical.

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3 w. ago What REALLY happened to the supposedly 'unsinkable' Bayesian: One year since tragedy struck off coast of Sicily, how a freak storm capsized £30m superyacht owned by 'Britain's Bill Gates'

Anchored off the coast of Sicily on August 19, 2024, Bayesian was battered by a freak storm. Hurricane-force winds capsized the 184ft vessel in minutes, causing it to heel violently to a 90-degree angle.

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last month Migrants swim from Morocco to Ceuta as officials say enclave ‘overwhelmed’

Seven children reach shore as dozens of people intercepted on risky route, which authorities say is now used more oftenAbout 100 people, including several children, risked their lives by trying to swim from Morocco into Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta early on Saturday morning, as the territory’s authorities warned that its overwhelmed reception system was close to collapse.Recent weeks have seen a rise in the number of people trying to reach Ceuta, with more than 50 children swimming across from Morocco on 26 July alone. Continue reading...

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