Almost 100 people have died in flash floods in southern Spain
Rescue efforts continue to find survivors in flood affected areas in Spain, which has been described as one of the worst natural disasters in recent history.
Spain is reeling from what has been described as one of the worst natural disasters in its recent history. Rescue workers are struggling to find those feared missing and officials say it鈥檚 not clear how many people are still unaccounted for. Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to help. We hear from local people affected by the floods, from the Spanish Red Cross and from our reporter on the ground.
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(Photo: Upturned cars, mud and debris line the streets of the flood-affected municipality of Catarroja, Valencia, Spain. Credit: Manuel Bruque/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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