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Torrential rain floods eastern Spain, killing at least four people

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly center (67%).

3 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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France 24, Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera English report that torrential rain struck eastern Spain and that at least four people have died in recent days. Floodwaters swept away cars, submerged roads and cut off residents in parts of the Valencia and Alicante regions on the Mediterranean coast. Al Jazeera English reports that rainfall reached 700 litres per square metre in 24 hours in some areas of Valencia. Authorities said evacuations and shelter-in-place orders affected tens of thousands of people. Deutsche Welle reports that the dead include a woman in Oliva and a man who drowned at a beach in Sagunto, and that emergency services rescued hundreds of people from rooftops, buildings and vehicles.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. At least four people have died in recent days after torrential rain and flooding in eastern Spain.

    Reported byLeft1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24, Deutsche Welle

  2. Floodwaters swept away cars, submerged roads and stranded or isolated residents.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24

  3. Rainfall reached 700 litres per square metre in 24 hours in some areas of Valencia.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24

  4. Emergency crews carried out more than 400 rescues in Valencia, according to one report.

    One side only: the centerReported byCenter2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    France 24, Deutsche Welle

  5. Authorities ordered evacuations and shelter-in-place orders for tens of thousands of people, the authorities said.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report at least four deaths, flooding in eastern Spain and cars swept away. The sides tell it in much the same plain wording; the center articles add rescue counts, while the Left article names Storm Adam and the evacuation orders.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Left coverage in this sample is an Al Jazeera English headline that leads with the four deaths and the torrential rain in plain news wording.

    Four dead as torrential rain batters eastern Spain
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Center headlines lead with the death toll and the torrential rain, stating the flooding in plain news wording.

    Spain floods kill four as torrential rain inundates eastern regions
    France 24CenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • four deaths
  • Storm Adam and rainfall total
  • evacuations and shelter-in-place orders
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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • death toll
  • rainfall and flooding
  • rescues and stranded residents
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  • Deutsche WelleCenter

    At least four dead after flooding in eastern Spain

    At least four people have died in Spain as torrential rain has battered the country's eastern Mediterranean coast. The severe flooding had left more than 450 people stranded on rooftops, in buildings or in cars.

    Read at Deutsche Welle (opens in a new tab)
  • France 24Center

    Spain floods kill four as torrential rain inundates eastern regions

    Torrential rain battered eastern Spain on Monday, killing at least four people in recent days as floodwaters swept away cars, submerged roads and stranded residents. …

    Read at France 24 (opens in a new tab)

From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

Articles you open from here build My Mix, a private picture of how your reading spreads across the spectrum, kept on this device. What is My Mix?

The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    4 hr 57 min later

    Its first report, Oct 19, 10:36 PM EDT

  • Center

    First to report

    France 24, Oct 19, 5:39 PM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. France 24CenterOct 19, 5:39 PM EDT
  2. Deutsche WelleCenterOct 19, 8:32 PM EDT
  3. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 19, 10:36 PM EDT

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