Spain Discloses New Power Grid Failure on Day of the Blackout May 5, 2025 By Rodrigo Orihuela Spain’s high-voltage electricity grid suffered more power generation disruptions than previously known ahead of the country’s largest ever blackout, the...
Spain’s Hurricane Katrina Moment Saw Officials Ignoring Warnings November 8, 2024 By Rodrigo Orihuela, Clara Hernanz Lizarraga and Thomas Gualtieri As a deadly storm bore down on Valencia on Oct. 29, the regional president was attending a ceremony to recognize...
Spain Risks €10.6 Billion Flood Damage Bill, PM Sanchez Says November 6, 2024 By Rodrigo Orihuela, Macarena Munoz and Jorge Zuloaga Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the first financial package for victims of the storms that killed more than 200...
Spain Declares Three Days of Mourning as Storms Kill More Than 90 October 31, 2024 By Rodrigo Orihuela Spain declared three days of mourning as heavy rains killed more than 90 people, in what is already one of...
Spain Reports 62 Dead After One of Century’s Worst Storms October 30, 2024 By Rodrigo Orihuela More than 60 people died as eastern Spain was hit by one of the worst storms in decades on Tuesday...
Zurich Insurance to Sell Downtown Madrid Offices for About €100 Million June 18, 2024 By Carmen Arroyo, Rodrigo Orihuela and Ben Sills Zurich Insurance Group agreed to sell its iconic office building in downtown Madrid to a Spanish investment fund for about...
Extreme Weather Risks May Make Parts of the World ‘Uninsurable’ July 31, 2023 By Rodrigo Orihuela and Anna Edwards Soaring global temperatures may make large parts of the world “uninsurable,” according to Spain’s largest insurance firm. Climate change “has...
Wind Turbines That Shake and Break Cost Their Maker Billions July 3, 2023 By William Mathis, Wilfried Eckl-Dorna and Rodrigo Orihuela Wind turbines make money when they spin. But when they shake, it can cost billions. Siemens Energy AG is struggling...
5 Suspected Terrorists Shot Dead by Police After Barcelona’s Deadly Attack August 18, 2017 By Esteban Duarte, Todd White and Rodrigo Orihuela Five suspected terrorists were killed by police and six civilians were injured in a confrontation in a town south of...
Update: Vehicle Plows into Barcelona Pedestrians with 13 Dead, 50 Injured August 17, 2017 By Esteban Duarte, Todd White and Rodrigo Orihuela A van plowed into pedestrians on Barcelona’s most iconic avenue at the height of the tourist season in a terrorist...