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At least 63 people die in flash floods in Spain
Residents look at cars piled up after being swept away by floods in Valencia, Spain, October 30, 2024

AT LEAST 63 people have died in Spain’s eastern region of Valencia after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted railway lines and highways, authorities confirmed today.

It was the country’s worst natural disaster in in recent memory.

Rainstorms on Tuesday caused flooding across a wide area of southern and eastern Spain.

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