Spain Searches for Bodies After Unprecedented Flooding Claims at Least 95 Lives

Published on October 31, 2024

BARRIO DE LA TORRE, Spain—Survivors of the worst natural disaster to hit Spain in this century awoke to scenes of devastation on Thursday, after villages were wiped out by monstrous flash floods that claimed at least 95 lives. The death toll is expected to rise as search efforts continue with officials removing bodies from buildings and vehicles and an unknown number of people still missing. “Unfortunately, there are dead people inside some vehicles,” said Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente in reference to hundreds of cars and trucks stranded on roads stained brown with mud. The aftermath looked like the damage left by a strong hurricane or tsunami....