Death Toll From Flooding In Spain Reaches 158 And Likely To Rise

The death toll after a deluge in southern Spain has reached 158, and is expected to rise further as rescue crews search more bodies in damaged homes and piles of stranded cars. Flash floods on Oct. 29 have claimed the lives of 155 people in the Valencia region, another two in neighboring Castilla-La Mancha and one in Andalusia. Spain’s national weather service AEMET called the torrential rain “extraordinary”, and said in the town of Chiva in Valencia region more rain fell in eight hours than had in the preceding 20 months. On Wednesday night, Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente said it was not clear how many people were missing but he said, “Unfortunately, there are dead people inside some vehicles.”...