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@vicgrinberg additional information about what you see in this picture: the blue line on top that flows into the sea is river Turia. It used to go through the centre of Valencia and its course was diverted after the deadly flood of 1957. This time round, it broke its banks but the damage was limited to the motorway and the fields alongside it: the diversion did its job and probably saved 1000s of lives.
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@vicgrinberg if you zoom on the last bends in river Turia, you will see small patches of blue just south of it. This is where most of the casualties and damage happened: those are smaller rivers that go through built up areas and have nowhere to go but the streets when they break their banks.
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