British man dies after being rescued from Spain flash floods

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British man dies after being rescued from Spain flash floods

METRO News
Jen Mills, Gergana Krasteva, Danny Rigg and Natalia Penza
Oct 29, 2024



The number of people killed in extreme flash floods in Spain has now reached at least 63, after extreme rainfall swept away whole streets of cars.

Most of the confirmed deaths so far have been in Valencia. An 88-year-old woman was also found dead further inland in the city of Cuenca.

The dramatic death toll from one of the country’s worst-ever natural disasters was expected to rise as the search continued for dozens of people still unaccounted for.

Multiple corpses were recovered overnight while a search is still ongoing for survivors, while footage showed Valencia’s airport runway covered in water.

One part of Valencia, Chiva, recorded a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours, with 491mm of rain according to the Spanish Weather Service.

‘Yesterday was the worst day of my life,’ Ricardo Gabaldon, mayor of the town of Utiel told national broadcaster RTVE.

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https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/29/spain-issues-extreme-weather-warning-hit-huge-hail-storms-21887617

[Fishrrman]

Looking at the pic above, that must have indeed been "a flood"...!

[mountaineer]

... Some people were heard crying for help as they were carried away by the torrents, leaving 155 dead in the eastern Valencia region alone.  ...

A 71-year-old from the UK, who is yet to be named, was rescued from his home on the outskirts of Alhaurin de la Torre, in Malaga, before later dying in a hospital.

He suffered several cardiac arrests and had hypothermia, according to local authorities.  ...

[Smokin Joe]

Looking at the pic above, that must have indeed been "a flood"...!

Roughly 18" of rain in eight hours. That's a lot.

[mountaineer]

Several years ago, in the aftermath of a hurricane, we got about 9" of rain in 8 hours, and it was devastating to our area.  I can't imagine twice that.