Spain's worst floods in a century kill almost 100 in Valencia region, with some victims still trapped in cars
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Dramatic flooding killed at least 95 people in Spain between Tuesday night and Wednesday, and the toll was expected to rise as search and rescue operations continued Thursday morning. Roads transformed into raging rivers with little warning as flash floods tore through the eastern region of Valencia, with muddy rapids flinging parked cars around like tin cans in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in a century.
Some areas got more than a typical year's worth of rainfall in just eight hours.
There were dramatic rescues, including a couple who were left trapped on the second floor of a house until they were scooped to safety by a front end loader. Denis Hlavaty braved the muddy onslaught trapped overnight inside a gas station.
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