BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Flash floods in eastern Spain swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers, disrupted rail lines and highways and killed at least 72 people in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory.
BARCELONA, Spain — Flash floods in eastern Spain swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers, disrupted rail lines and highways and killed at least 72 people in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory.
“We were trapped like rats. Cars and trash containers were flowing down the streets. The water was rising to 3 meters ,” he said. The elderly were the most vulnerable. RTVE broadcast footage of seniors in chairs and wheelchairs with waters rising over their knees at a nursing home, and a military unit rescuing an elderly couple from the top story of their house in the bucket of a bulldozer.
In the village of Letur in the neighboring Castilla La Mancha region, Mayor Sergio Marín Sánchez said five people were missing. Valencian regional President Carlos Mazón urged people to stay at home, with travel by road already difficult due to fallen trees and wrecked vehicles. Rescue efforts were hampered, Mazón, said, by downed power lines that left areas without electricity, while phone lines were jammed with calls. He said the regional emergency service had attended some 30,000 calls.
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