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What are ‘cañas’? The invasive and lethal reeds that have washed up on Spain’s beaches

Laurence Dollimore
Cañas washed up on the Costa del Sol this weekend following weeks of storms (©theSpanishEye)
THEY proved catastrophic during the deadly DANA storms in Valencia last year. As they were uprooted from river beds and dragged downstream, they formed a wall of doom that carried hundreds of people to their deaths, many of them inside their cars

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