VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The enormous blue cone slowly crushes tiny piles of sand that represent houses. It symbolizes the deadly havoc wrought by floods that ravaged Spain's eastern Valencia five ...

Valencia leader faces awkward questions over flood tragedyOpens in new window ] After evading questions regarding his movements, it eventually emerged that he had spent nearly three hours lunching ...

A Spanish judge investigating alleged homicide over the handling of last year’s devastating floods in Valencia summoned two former senior officials on Monday but spared the region’s under-fire ...