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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Salma Ouaguira

‘Where is the aid? My town is a cemetery’: Spanish flood victim reveals horror in town where 62 have died

More than 200 people have been killed in Spain as the army joined rescue efforts on Friday in the aftermath of the worst flash floods to hit the country in decades, leaving victims in the ravaged region begging for aid.

Dani Sorní, a 22-year-old resident of Paiporta, the epicentre of the disaster, described the grave conditions. “This town is a cemetery, with bodies trapped under a metre-and-a-half of mud and under cars,” he told The Independent.

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