ALBERTO SAIZ

Cardboard sculptures known as "Ninots" burn during the Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Five months after deadly floods ravaged Valencia, the Spanish city is hosting its biggest celebration of the year: Las Fallas. Sculptures were built using wreckage from peoples' homes and lampoon politicians accused of mishandling the catastrophe. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Valencia seeks catharsis in traditional burning of sculptures months after deadly floods
Five months after deadly floods ravaged Valencia, the Spanish city is hosting its biggest celebration of the year. Las Fallas features hundreds of elaborate sculptures made of wood and papier-mâché.
 
Two people push a cart loaded with belongings in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Flood survivors say regional Spanish officials waited too long to warn them of the danger
Moments after rushing waters burst through the door to her home, Mari Carmen Pérez received a text message alert from regional Spanish authorities warning her of the possibility of flash floods.
 
Vehicles are seen piled up after being swept away by floods in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Spain searches for bodies after unprecedented flooding claims at least 158 lives
Crews are searching for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings as residents salvage what they can from ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 people killed in one region alone.
 
A housing block burns in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The cause of the fire is unknown and if there are any victims. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Fire engulfs 2 buildings in Spanish city of Valencia, killing at least 4 people. Nearly 20 missing
A fire has engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, killing at least four people and injuring at least 13 others.
 
A woman reacts during the annual tomato fight fiesta called "Tomatina" in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands gather in this eastern Spanish town for the annual street tomato battle that leaves the streets and participants drenched in red pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revelers hurl tomatoes at each other and streets awash in red pulp in Spanish town’s Tomatina party
Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, have pasted each other with tomatoes in Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle in the eastern town of Buñol.