Devastating floods have killed at least 155 people in eastern and southern Spain, local officials announced Thursday, after torrential rain fueled the worst natural disaster in the country’s modern history.
Stunning images emerged from Valencia, Spain’s third most populous city, showing dozens of cars wedged atop one another after having been carried by a wave of mud and debris into the walls of the narrow city streets.
“Unfortunately, there are dead people inside some vehicles,” Transport Minister Óscar Puente said.
Emergency services in the region of Valencia announced on X that the “provisional” death toll was 155 and that the “process of collecting and identifying victims continues.”
