Spain is the last to flood: New red alert in the Spanish region – 158 confirmed deaths

Crews continue to search for bodies in stranded cars and buildings after flash floods in Spain.

The floods have claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 deaths in the eastern Valencia region alone.

But an unknown number of people are still missing and more victims could be found.

“Unfortunately, there are dead people in some vehicles,” Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente said.

While most suffering was inflicted on the regions near the city of Valencia, the storms also unleashed their fury on large parts of the southern and eastern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula.

Two fatalities were confirmed in the neighboring region of Castilla La Mancha and one in southern Andalusia.

Spain suffered a drought of almost two years, meaning that when the Flood occurred, the ground was so hard that it could not absorb the rain, leading to flash floods.

The violent weather took regional government officials by surprise.

And Spain’s national weather service said it rained more in eight hours in the Valencian city of Chiva than in the previous 20 months.