"A year's worth of heavy rain in 8 hours" Spain's worst floods in more than 30 years kill 95 people

Worst flood in 30 years..."A year's worth of heavy rain for 8 hours"

At least 95 people died in all-time heavy rain...The number of victims is likely to increase.Spain's government declares three days of mourning

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At least 95 people have died in Spain's worst floods in more than three decades.

The number of victims is expected to increase further as many people are missing after being swept away by the torrent.

The Spanish government declared a three-day period of national mourning until the 2nd of next month.

Reporter Park Young-jin reports.

[Reporter]
The whole city was flooded with ochre mud.

Roads are interspersed with uprooted trees and broken vehicles,
People who had been trapped overnight in the rubble of a collapsed building are rescued.

Southeastern Spain hit by worst floods in 30 years,
Parts of Valencia,
, received a year's worth of rain for eight hours.

[Denis Hlavati / Flood survivor: The door was ripped out and I spent the night surrounded by 2m deep water. With the entire gas station submerged, it held out on the only remaining shelf.

[Maria Ramirez / Resident: It was horrible, horrible. A man clung to the fence and asked for help, but he couldn't do anything until a helicopter came and rescued him.]

All-time heavy rains led to massive casualties,

The number of victims is expected to rise further, especially as a large number of people have been swept away by the torrent.

Heavy rains blocked railways, highways, and skyways, and cut off electricity.

The city of Valencia ordered all schools to close.

The Spanish government declared a three-day period of national mourning until the 2nd of next month, and neighboring countries also offered support.

[Pedro Sanchez / Prime Minister of Spain] Our top priority is to help you. The government is working together to do this, and will provide all the means necessary to overcome this tragedy.]

Meteorological experts analyzed that the downpour was caused by a cold front across southeastern Spain meeting with warm and humid air rising from the Mediterranean Sea.

I'm Park Youngjin of YTN.


Video editing: Kim Hee-jung