Spanish PM asks EU for help as country suffers aftermath of catastrophic floods
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/02/spanish-pm-asks-eu-for-help-as-country-suffers-aftermath-of-catastrophic-floods
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Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
Um, should they even have to ask for help?!
fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev · 13 pts · 1y
https://european-union.europa.eu/priorities-and-actions/actions-topic/humanitarian-aid-and-civil-protection_en
i think it's better to ask for help where needed instead of everyone sending help that might not be needed.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 1y
The EU and several individual countries had offered help. Spain is basically accepting it after accessing the situation on the ground.
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Yes, because they should know best what kind of help they need and where.
Just sending random help that isn't asked for can even make the situation worse, because the disaster region needs to somehow accommodate the people and equipment being sent.
PortoPeople@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
It'll be worse next year.
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Good argument, great sources, solid facts.
Verdorrterpunkt@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
Based on our trajectory, that prediction is quite plausible. Climate change, yknow.
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
A year doesn't change much, climate change cannot precisely predict local weather and doomsaying is a threat as bad as climate change itself.
tal@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 1y
Well, on the up side, last year the news was on drought.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/drought-spain-empties-reservoirs-forces-limits-water-use-2023-08-08/
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Droughts will make flash floods worse, because soil that has dried out completely won't take in as much water as quickly, as slightly moist soil.