A severe storm that hit Spain and Portugal in the wake of two other storms, Storm Marta, has caused significant damage to staple crops across the Iberian Peninsula and is expected to cost hundreds of millions of euros. The storm, which swept across Morocco, killed three children and a man in a car that was washed away in flooding. In Andalusia, Spain, 11,000 people had to evacuate their homes and crops that are completely submerged are likely to be lost. The destruction of these crops will cost farmers and demand government help to recover, but this will require cooperation from society to mitigate the effects of extreme weather. The research shows that global warming intensifies extreme rainfall at the regional level.