Vallès occidental: 25 years after the floods

Collection title

Telenoticies migdia

ID

TV300050

Source

TV3 (ES)

First broadcast date

09/25/1987

Production year

1987

Abstract

25 years ago, heavy rains caused the Besòs and Llobregat rivers and a number of gullies to overflow their banks. The waters swept away factories and homes, taking the lives of 1000 people.

Type

video

Production companies

• TV3 - Own production

Broadcaster

TV3 - TV3

Audiovisual form

News

Primary theme

Landscapes and environment

Secondary themes

• Landscapes and environment / Risks and disasters
• Landscapes and environment / Risks and disasters / Natural

Credits / Cast

• Diumaro Lluis - Journalist

Period of events

• 1962

Map locations

• Spain - North - Catalonia

Original language

Catalan

Media running time

2m18

Additional information

Archive videos: Images of the floods and its consequences, in Vallès, the september 25th, 1962. Visit of Francisco Franco in Vallès.