The Spanish government is deploying hundreds more soldiers to distribute essential aid after devastating flash floods killed over 150 in the country’s worst natural disaster in decades.
Torrential rain and hailstorms on Tuesday caused flooding across multiple regions including the hardest-hit eastern province of Valencia, turning streets into rivers that ripped into the ground floors of homes and washed away cars and people.
By Thursday afternoon, regional authorities in Valencia released an updated preliminary death toll, stating it had reached 158 victims.Another two were found dead in neighbouring Castilla-La Mancha and one in Málaga.
Dozens more are still missing, authorities say.More than 1,200 soldiers from Spain’s emergency rescue units have joined regional and local emergency workers in the search for bodies and survivors.