Murcia

Stone tools and the fossils of birds and small mammals in the caves suggest the area was a productive Neanderthal hunting ground—a “Mediterranean Serengeti,” explains paleoecologist Juan Ochando at the University of Murcia, who is lead author of the study.

"Nadal means everything. Not only because he is one of the best players but because of how he is as a person," said Javier Ibanez, who had travelled 250 miles from Murcia for the occasion with his friend Pedro Ayala.

The death toll is the worst from floods in Spain since 1973, when at least 150 people were estimated to have died in the southeastern provinces of Granada, Murcia and Almeria.

A mass fish die-off in 2019 prompted the professor of philosophy of law at the University of Murcia to take action.

Vicente was born and raised in Spain’s southeastern city of Murcia, home to the Mar Menor.