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The 31st Issue of the Newsletter of the Environmental, Disaster and Crises Management Strategies is the outcome of the scientific mission of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Athens, Greece) in the eastern part of the Iberian peninsula (Spain), which was affected by extreme weather effects and subsequent destructive floods. The aim of the mission was the collection of field data and information in order to detect all the factors that contributed to the disaster, with emission aimed to collect field data and information to detect all the factors that contributed to the disaster, emphasising the geological, geomorphological, hydrological and hydrometeorological properties of the affected area.

Furthermore, the mission aimed to assess the extent and the type of the triggered damage to the natural and built environment and subsequently to the population of Valencia's wider area. Regarding human losses, this event could be characterized as one of the most fatal disasters in Spain's recent history. The newsletter for the late October 2024 Valencia flood includes several sections in order to contribute to the understanding and interpretation of the generated phenomena and their effects on several sectors and elements of the built environment. The presentation of the collected data also highlights the reasons for the recorded mortality and the adverse conditions formed during the evolution and after the completion of the extreme weather events and the subsequent flooding.