Spain races to save victims as floods kill 72

The sheer volume of those rains, which have so far claimed at least 205 lives across eastern, central and southern Spain, was becoming more and more apparent as the waters of the Magro – a river that is normally little more than a stream as it trickles through Utiel – began to rise and rise.

Three days after historic flash floods swept through several towns in southern Valencia, in eastern Spain, the initial shock was giving way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity on Friday

The floods that have tossed vehicles, collapsed bridges and covered towns with mud since Tuesday are the European country’s deadliest such disaster in decades.

The Valencia flood death toll has reached 202, as survivors have been pleading for aid as they have no food or water to live on, amid warnings that Spain will be battered by another round of storms.