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Spain floods: Horrific details emerge of how Valencia victims died | CNN
Firefighters conduct search-and-rescue efforts as cars and debris block a tunnel in Benetússer on Friday. Photo by: David Ramos/Getty Images
A couple more relevant ones from the article:
Running into
underground garagesany underground structures during heavy rain fall can be deadly.As you can see from the article, the cars make it difficult to get inside and try to find survivors. They’re clogging up the entrance. That’s specific to cars.
Imagine if they had good bicycle corridors instead. Most of the bikes would have been washed away, whatever is left is easier to move. Now you have a lane that was cleared fast and can be used by emergency service vehicles. The cars would take days to move and there might people trapped inside or between them.