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There are bodies and bodies continuing to appear in places we hadn’t been able to access before,
The President of the Valencia region Carlos Mazon said Be very careful and avoid unnecessary trips,
he said urging people to heed the authorities' advice There are already very strong storms in the area, especially in the north of Castellon,
AEMET posted on its X account The sorrow is for the people who have died,
said Encarna, a 60-year-old teacher in the town, wiping away tears as she spoke in a flood-ravaged street near her damaged home The adverse weather continues! Beware!"
When the water started to rise, it came as a wave,
said Guillermo Serrano Perez told BBC It was like a tsunami,
a 21-year-old from Paiporta, near Valencia, is one of the thousands of people who were affected by the flash flood The currents were so quick – and we called the emergency services who started rescuing some people who had water up to their neck."
Mayor of the town, Maribel Albalat, said on Wednesday Just after we got out of the car, another car floated on top of our car,
It's so sad because the impact could have been reduced if the local council had planned better, but they acted too late
The mother-of-two, who wished to remain anonymous, said The storm started as heavy rain first thing on Tuesday but took a massive turn around 4pm and got really intense
Speaking of the moment the disaster hit, she said Our officers have carried out around 2,500 rescues so far.
At the moment it's estimated around 5,000 vehicles are still stuck and around 1,200 people are still trapped between the A-3 and A-7 in different places
The police force said in a statement released just before 7pm local time There are 301 heavy vehicles that are going from house-to-house and helping those people who can't leave their homes
All of Spain weeps with all of you... We won't abandon you,
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told victims and their families in a televised address It had been a long time since this happened and we're scared,
They raised the alarm when the water was already here, there’s no need to tell me the flood is coming,
fumed Julian Ormeno, a 66-year-old pensioner in the Valencia city suburb of Sedavi People shouldn’t be dying from these kinds of forecasted weather events in countries where they have the resources to do better,
added Liz Stephens, a professor in climate risks and resilience at the University of Reading We take preparation for other hazards such as earthquakes and tsunami very seriously,
added Jess Neumann, associate professor of hydrology, at the University of Reading We urgently need to adapt our cities to be more resilient to floods,
she added, suggesting making space for water to flow through urban environments without causing damage
