Three days after historic flash floods swept through several towns in southern Valencia, in eastern Spain, the initial shock was giving way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity on Friday
As of Friday, the death toll from Spain's historic flash floods rose to at least 205, with many more still missing.
The damage from the storm Tuesday and Wednesday recalled the aftermath of a tsunami, with survivors left to pick up the pieces as they mourned loved ones lost in Spain’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory.
The sheer volume of those rains, which have so far claimed at least 205 lives across eastern, central and southern Spain, was becoming more and more apparent as the waters of the Magro – a river that is normally little more than a stream as it trickles through Utiel – began to rise and rise.