During the afternoon of 29 October, torrential downpours brought on by a ‘DANA’ –isolated depression at high levels, what it used to be known as ‘cold drop’ – triggered catastrophic flash floods in different parts of Spain, with an especially severe impact on Valencia. The following day, however, the media was still not aware of the exact magnitude of the tragedy, and the news shared front pages with the United States presidential campaign, the war raging in Gaza and Lebanon, and the legal battles involving the wife of the Spanish Prime Minister...[+]