At least 64 people have died so far, according to the emergency services. Searchers worked to find survivors and victims, with many still missing. Spain’s government said it will declare three days of mourning starting Thursday.
“For those who are looking for their loved ones, all of Spain feels your pain,” Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a televised address. “Our priority is to help you. We are putting all the resources necessary so that we can recover from this tragedy.”
Spain’s national weather service called the rainfall “extraordinary,” with 491 litres per square metre accumulated in eight hours in the Valencian locality of Chiva.
The death toll will likely rise with other regions yet to report victims and search efforts continuing in areas with difficult access.
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