Eastern Spain has been hit with devastating flash flooding this week, the worst flooding disaster the area has experienced in decades.
Rainstorms started on Tuesday (29 October) and continued into Wednesday. In the aftermath of the floods, cars have been piled on the street surrounded by a sea of debris from damaged buildings and structures.
At least 158 people have lost their lives after the flooding swept through streets, turning walkways into rivers and trapping people in their homes and on car roofs.
It is the worst flood-related catastrophe Spain has witnessed since at least 1996, when 87 people died and 180 were injured in a flash flood near Biescas in the Pyrenees.
The rain has battered the eastern region of Spain, hitting holiday hotspots such as Valencia to Malaga.
Spain’s state weather agency, Aemet, has issued their most severe weather alert in the south west of the country as the province of Huelva was hit by torrential rain.
Here is the latest on the situation in Spain and what you need to know about travel.
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Torrential rain, which has amounted to a year’s worth in just eight hours in one region, has hit cities such as Valencia and Malaga, causing serious flash flooding.
At least 158 people have died, but as search and rescue teams try and locate many who are unaccounted for, more rain is also predicted to be on its way in some of the worst-affected areas.
The regional leader of Valencia, Carlos Mazon, also announced that they will launch an aid package of €250m as local authorities begin to try and clean up the destruction on the roads as services are restored.
Emergency services are in their third day of search and rescue operations, with the official death toll rising from 95 to 158 in a day, with fears that as the floodwaters start to reduce, more bodies will be found in cars or under damaged structures.
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that Valencia has been declared a disaster zone following the deadly flash flooding.
Thousands of people are still facing power and water cuts and shortages of essentials, especially in the eastern region which was the worst affected.
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