Incredible speed of monstrous floodwaters that hit Valencia has killed more than 200 people as it took the population completely by surprise.
Now rescue crews have continued to search for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings.
HOW IT ALL STARTED
A video shared on X shows the distressing moment the disaster unfolded, as Valencia’s inhabitants were caught off-guard.
The harrowing clip shows how a forceful cascade of water unexpectedly pours into the street, forcing vehicles to come to a stop.
Within seconds, roads are inundated with brown waters and debris, as passersby who were caught off-guard begin to hurry away for cover.
In a separate video shared on TikTok that was filmed from the balcony of an apartment building shows how in less than an hour streets were completely submerged and cars were washed away as people tried to flee.
Marked with time stamps, the clip shows how at 19:17pm, strong winds hit the Valencian town of Benetusser.
Less than 20 minutes later at 19:33pm, footage shows how roads start getting jammed with vehicles as people attempt to flee to safety before the rain comes.
But by 19:40pm, only seven minutes after the second clip was filmed, the video captures murky flood-water gushing in and inundating the streets, while people in cars continue trying to get away.
THE STATE OF ALERT
At eight pm, the streets are completely submerged, while vehicles are seen being washed away and pile up against each other as ferocious floodwaters drag them down the road.
By this point, a state of alert is declared in the town.
The user who shared the clip, who goes by the handle @luuciaseguii on the social platform, wrote in the video: ‘The flooding couldn’t have been avoided, but if those in charge of notifying us had notified us sooner, there would have been fever deaths and fewer missing people’.
