Have you ever wondered what happened to all the rain in New Jersey? Well, it probably migrated itself all the way to Spain, because the flooding there these past few days have been really bad. Locations in the southeastern area of Spain have gotten up to 12 inches of flooding, killing at least 95 people.

Why are there floods in Spain? Scientists say that due to climate change, the Mediterranean waters have increased in heat, eventually increasing water evaporation as well. This causes torrential rains that are even more severe in Europe. On the other hand, New Jersey has been in a serious drought, where it has barely, or not, rained at all in the past month.

“If you look up at the trees, they look dead and crunchy,” says Laura, a Manville resident. The dryness comes from the lack of rain. On the contrary, Spain’s problems were like a deluge of rain, which means a large flood of water fell from the skies in one day. As much as months worth of rain were all put to an end when it hit the grounds of Spain all at once. Mud covered the ground as rescuers dug through them to search for helpless survivors. Rain continued to pour down, and some people still were missing. Roads, villages, and more were all submerged in rivers of rushing water.

The floods were the worst at southern and eastern parts of Spain, where the majority of the tragic deaths took place in Valencia. Other destroyed cities include Andalusia, Seville, and Malaga. Scientists say that global warming makes these storms more intense, and that the Mediterranean Sea has hit the highest ever recorded temperature in August.

Global warming and climate change are the main causes of these destruction. They change the weather so drastically that they turn our world into waves of extreme heat, and extreme coldness. Our world is turned into waves of floods and waves of endless drought. We must protect our planet, because if we destroy it, the world will kill us before we can kill them.