Floods in Spain.

The flooding is one of the natural catastrophes that kill more people. In the XX century is calculated that there were 3.2 million people died because of this phenomenon. In Spain this is a social and economic problem, it happen especially in the Mediterranean zone and in the North.

The factors that cause this flooding are: excess of precipitation, melting of snow, breaking of dams and human activity. In Spain floods are also the natural catastrophe that causes more impact. The areas were floods more affect are: The North basin (principally in Pais Vasco). That’s because there use to be from time to time very much precipitations (450L/m2 in a day) the valleys are narrow and deep and the population is situated near the channels. Also in the Mediterranean area floods affect. The risk is high in places like Jucar’s banks, Murcia or Malaga and Granada. This is caused because of torrential rains (like 700L/m2 in a day), also helped the absence of trees and an easy erosion of the soil.

In conclusion, because of different causes the flooding is the natural phenomenon that more problems produce. In Spain it happens more often in the North and in the Mediterranean zone.