Spain's recent flood, in which 27" of rain fell, has been the topic of a number of claims. I'd like to clarify: This was a weather event, not a climate event. Climate is what happens over decades and centuries, not days.  The fact that WWA and others say it was worsened by climate change is meaningless. They claim every unusual or extreme weather event is related to climate change. The horrific death toll is not due to climate. Again, it was a weather event. There are charges that a flood forecast/warning was delayed eight hours. There are allegations that dozens  of flood control dams have been removed for environmental reasons. Unfortunately, I have no way of independently verifying that claim.  The importance of meteorological warning systems is demonstrated by this graph from  environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg. Note that non-climate (earthquake, etc.*) deaths are relatively flat while meteorological warning systems have caused deaths to plummet.  * After t...