Spain flood death toll soars to 158: rescuers

Spain flood death toll soars to 158: rescuers
AFP
Thursday 31 October 2024 - 16:12

The death toll from Spain’s worst floods in decades soared to 158 on Thursday, emergency services and officials said, as rescue services worked frantically to find survivors.

The body coordinating rescue work in the eastern Valencia region announced 155 bodies had been recovered there. Officials in Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia had announced a combined three deaths in their regions.

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