Spanish Civil Guard<\/a>\u00a0showed rescue workers neck deep in murky water and floating debris as they waded into buildings and parking garages, searching for bodies that might be submerged in the flood.<\/p>\nScientists think climate change has played a contributing factor in the extreme weather. Clair Barnes, an expert with World Weather Attribution, told the AP that while there hasn\u2019t been time to do a full study, \u201cbased on the recorded rainfall, we\u2019ve estimated that similar events have become about 12% more intense and probably about twice as likely as they would have been in a pre-industrial climate, about 1.3 degrees (Celsius) cooler, without human-caused climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve heard people saying that this is the new normal,\u201d Barnes added. \u201cGiven that we are currently on track for 2.6 degrees of warming, or thereabouts, within this century, we are only halfway to the new normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Sunday,\u00a0Spain\u2019s weather agency<\/a>\u00a0warned of more dangerous rain along the Mediterranean coast, including Valencia, and potential flooding, overflowing riverbeds and extreme danger for the southern province of Almer\u00eda.<\/p>\nThis story originally appeared on\u00a0NBCNews.com<\/a><\/p>\nThis article was originally published on TODAY.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n