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Authorities fear more dead after Valencia flash flooding, investigations ongoing

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 4 Nov 2024, 8:47pm
Residents in La Torre, south of Valencia, eastern Spain evacuate after a year's rain fell in a few hours sending torrents of water and mud through towns and cities. Photo / AFP
Residents in La Torre, south of Valencia, eastern Spain evacuate after a year's rain fell in a few hours sending torrents of water and mud through towns and cities. Photo / AFP

Authorities fear more dead after Valencia flash flooding, investigations ongoing

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 4 Nov 2024, 8:47pm

Over in Spain, efforts have begun to search an underground carpark in Valencia - where authorities fear may more be dead after last week's flash flooding.

The deadliest flash flood in modern Spanish history has killed over 217 people so far, with dozens more still unaccounted for.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey says angry crowds have confronted King Felipe VI and thrown mud in protest of the 'woeful' response to the disaster. 

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