Spain has a long history of severe autumn storms, with this event drawing comparisons to historic floods, including the La Riada in 1957 and the Pantanada de Tous in 1982. The 1957 flood in Valencia, for example, resulted in the loss of over 80 lives and billions of dollars in economic damage (adjusted for inflation).

The search for the dead and missing continues, more than a week since the Oct. 29 floods hit — as well as a gargantuan cleanup and recovery effort. Here’s a look at Spain’s deadliest natural disaster of the century,