Woman seen being dragged away by Valencia floods reveals how she survived
At least 205 people have died in Spain’s worst flooding disaster in modern history, according to the latest update from local authorities.
Homes and streets were devastated after a year’s worth of rain fell in one day on Tuesday, following a two-year drought which left the ground hard and unabsorbent.
The resulting muddy deluge left cars piled on top of each other, uprooted trees, downed power lines and burst into homes.
One woman who was filmed being carried away by a torrent of water survived and has spoken about her ‘horror’.
Conchi Serrano told how the front door of an apartment block broke open as she was being swept away.
She said: ‘The bit you see in the video footage is when I’ve let go of the tree I was holding onto and the water’s sweeping me away and that’s when a man appears who’s holding onto some railings on a ground-floor property and he jumps into the water to try to save me.
‘Fate had it that he had a jacket and with the jacket he grabbed hold of me and told me: ‘Hold onto me, hold onto me, stay calm, stay calm” as I was struggling to breathe.’