News in :90 – Nov. 1, 2024

The death toll from historic flash floods in Spain climbed to least 205 people Friday, with many more believed to be missing, as the initial shock gave way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity.

Spanish emergency authorities said 202 of the victims were in the Valencia region alone, and officials warned that more rains were expected in the next days. 

The death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children as more bodies were recovered, while officials said that 13 people were killed in airstrikes in Lebanon on Friday. Sixteen people had initially been reported killed in two strikes on Thursday on the Gaza Strip’s central Nuseirat refugee camp, but officials from the Al-Aqsa hospital said bodies continued to be brought in. 

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will host dueling rallies within seven miles of one another on Friday night in the swing-state Wisconsin’s largest county, Milwaukee, as part of a final push for votes. Trump is in downtown Milwaukee and Harris is in a suburb — this may be the candidates’ last appearances in battleground Wisconsin before Election Day..

Elizabeth Dickey can be reached at ehdickey@stthomas.edu