Rescuers raced yesterday to find survivors and victims of once-in-a-generation floods in Spain that killed at least 95 people and left towns submerged in a muddy deluge with overturned cars scattered in the streets.
About 1000 troops joined police and firefighters in the grim search for bodies in the Valencia region as Spain started three days of mourning. The toll will rise because "there are many missing people," territorial policy minister Angel Victor Torres said.
Up to a year's rain fell in a few hours on the eastern city of Valencia and surrounding regions on Tuesday, sending torrents of water and mud through towns and cities.
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