The Sun, on Climate, 23 October 2026

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Wild moment TV reporter is battered by huge wave while covering storm in Spain leaving anchor in studio gobsmacked

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1 comment 1 Next THIS is the wild moment a TV reporter is battered by a huge wave while covering a manic storm in Spain. Astonishing footage showed a vicious torrent soaking the correspondent and camerawoman – leaving the studio anchor gobsmacked. 6 Shocking footage showed a reporter being soaked by waves amid a vicious storm Credit: X/ETB2 6 The anchor back in the studio looked gobsmacked Credit: X/ETB2 Advertisement In the extraordinary clip, the reporter can be seen talking at the camera before a tsunami-like wave batters him and his crew.

The broadcast then cuts to the presenter back in the studio whose jaw is on the floor. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Email address Please provide a valid email. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy You'll now receive top stories, breaking news, and more, straight to your email. which pummelled holiday hotspots.

Storm Adam has wreaked havoc and taken lives across the country – including a farmer whose body was found in a waterlogged marsh in Oliva on Tuesday. READ MORE WORLD NEWS PLACE IN THE SUN Cheap 30C European country that's EASY for Brits to move to… how I did it BLADE TRAGEDY Horror as man dies after walking into fishmongers & stabbing himself to death 6 The moment before a huge wave hit the journalist and his crew Credit: X/ETB2 6 The presenter was absolutely stunned by the broadcast Credit: X/ETB2 Valencia and Alicante have been the worst affected with biblical flooding forcing the rescue of nearly 500 people and the evacuation of 2,100 terrified locals and tourists.

Shocking footage has also shown emergency crews ferrying a 93-year-old to safety on a paddle board. Advertisement Another clip showed locals desperately perching on roofs waiting to be rescued by helicopter. Many terrified residents were trapped in their houses as violent torrents of brown water rushed the streets, sweeping cars and animals in its vicious current. Most read in The Sun GUN TRAGEDY Boy, 3, shoots himself dead with parent’s gun as dad paid for Burger King simple steps Why the Government is advising Brits to stock up on food and what to stockpile SHIP INFERNO At least 1 killed as cargo ship catches fire ‘after being struck by drone’ BEAST CAGED Sexually-obsessed monster who murdered stepdaughter, 19, in her uni flat jailed 6 Rescue crews were deployed from helicopters to rescue terrified people this week Credit: Viral Press 6 Damage to a bus stop following the passage of storm Adam Credit: EPA On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sánchez was hit by local fury after he reportedly failed to tour the worst-affected areas of Oliva or speak to any affected residents.

Advertisement Storm Adam, the first major storm of the autumn , has had a catastrophic impact on the Mediterranean. In parts of the Valencia region, . Earlier this week, the Military Emergency Unit found the body of a woman in Oliva and a 64-year-old man who died of cardiac arrest at Eurocamping Oliva. In Málaga, a 41-year-old man died after a rock struck his vehicle in Benaoján. On Tuesday, a farmer was discovered and a man believed to be in his 60s or 70s was found in the sea off Cala de Brut, in Menorca.

Advertisement Over the weekend, a woman died while swimming in Sagunto, Valencia. Across the border in France a man was killed after being swept into a lagoon in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, in the south. Storm Adam brought “exceptional amounts” of rain to southern France causing rivers to burst their banks and streets to be swamped. The worst of the weather pattern appears to be passing the region with conditions set to improve in southern and eastern Spain throughout the week.

However, authorities are now dealing with the extensive damage caused by the storm. Advertisement The rainfall has damaged various infrastructures in the municipality of Valencia, including pavements and part of the seafront promenade, which has been lifted by the force of the water. RECOMMENDED STORIES Residents have suffered huge losses, especially to vehicles parked in the flooded areas. One family based in Oliva said they lost three cars during the storm. 1 comment 1

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What we found (1)

The Sun reports Storm Adam's deadly flooding in Spain and France, with at least seven dead, hundreds rescued and up to 700 litres of rain per square metre in 24 hours. It never tells its reader that warming makes extreme rainfall like this heavier and more frequent, so the deaths and damage read as a freak of the weather.

  1. Leaves out the climate link

    Serious

    “up to 700 litres of rain per square metre fell in just 24 hours”

    Why this matters
    The Sun gives the record rainfall total that drove the floods but says nothing about why rain this extreme is becoming more common.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes the deluge as a one-off quirk of the weather with no wider cause.
    The context
    Human-caused warming has made heavy rainfall more frequent and more intense. The article contains no word on climate or warming anywhere.

    How we know

    • On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
    • Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “climate” and “warming”.

    Show it in the article

    “Deadly weather in Spain has left at least seven people dead this week amid a catastrophic storm”

    Why this matters
    The Sun reports the death toll and calls the storm catastrophic, then puts the harm down only to the weather.
    The impression it gives
    A reader comes away thinking these deaths came from bad luck with the weather alone, with nothing linking them to a warming climate.
    The context
    Warming caused chiefly by burning fossil fuels is loading the dice towards extreme rainfall events like Storm Adam. The article never says so, even once.

    How we know

    • On the recordIt is unequivocal that human influence, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels, has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
    • On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)

    Show it in the article

    Written straight

    In parts of the Valencia region, up to 700 litres of rain per square metre fell in just 24 hours. Climate change is making extreme rainfall like this heavier and more frequent.

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