Car-driven climate risk: Valencia floods expose need for sustainable transport 

Heavy reliance on cars put people in harm’s way in the 2024 disaster, say researchers, as citizens press for climate-friendly mobility to help them adapt
Cars piled up in an area affected by the DANA floods, on November 16, 2024, in Sedaví, Valencia, Spain
Cars piled up in an area affected by the DANA floods, on November 16, 2024, in Sedaví, Valencia, Spain. (Photo: Carlos Luján/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS via Reuters Connect)

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