At least 70 people are reported to have died as a result of flooding in Spain, which mainly affected the province of Valencia, according to the Integr

At least 70 killed in flooding in Spain

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2024-10-30 14:30:05

At least 70 people are reported to have died as a result of flooding in Spain, which mainly affected the province of Valencia, according to the Integrated Operational Coordination Center of the Ministry of Interior, which compiles information from various security and emergency agencies. Early in the day, Valencian authorities discussed “multiple victims” but could not confirm an exact number.

An 88-year-old woman died in the town of Mira in Cuenca, and there are growing concerns for the six individuals who have been missing since yesterday in Letur in Albacete. The Spanish Ministry of Defense has provided portable morgues amid fears that, as the mud inundating many towns in Valencia begins to be cleared, additional bodies may be discovered, raising the death toll. To assist in locating corpses, the Defense Ministry has mobilized aerial resources, military psychologists, and trained dogs.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has urged the public “not to let their guard down” as the weather phenomenon continues to wreak havoc. Dozens of individuals spent the night stranded on trucks or cars, climbing onto the roofs of stores or gas stations, or trapped in their vehicles on impassable roads until they could be rescued.