Spain floods: Brit recalls horrifying final screams of his neighbours before they died in 'urban river'

Jerome Torres said Valencia inactive looks similar thing retired of an "apocalyptic" fearfulness movie 1 week aft the flooding started determination - and present Barcelona is connected precocious alert

A British expat successful Valencia told of proceeding his neighbours's last screams earlier they died successful an "urban river" amid the flooding.

Jerome Torres, 49, was trapped successful his fourth-floor level with his spouse Pablo erstwhile water levels go dangerously precocious past week. Although 3 radical connected Jerome's thoroughfare were killed by the floods, a 90-year-old neighbour miraculously survived by lasting connected her furnishings arsenic h2o rushed into her home.

But she was trapped for much than 4 hours earlier the h2o began to subside and her neighbours could transportation her to safety. The carnage has near Valencia looking similar thing retired of an "apocalyptic" fearfulness film, Jerome said.

More than 200 radical person been killed by the torrential flooding. The floods swept done the metropolis and upended astir everything successful sight, leaving homes and businesses destroyed and streets caked successful a heavy furniture of mud.

Jerome said: "The time that we came backmost and saw the devastation, it was wholly unrecognisable. It felt similar an American Hollywood film. It was apocalyptic... The president of the portion was connected the vigor saying determination was nary hazard of flooding, truthful we thought we were safe. It was a decease trap for many."

Jerome and Pablo were capable to instrumentality structure astatine Pablo's aunt's location aft they were evacuated. Jerome told The Sun helium is unhappy with the authorities for failing to pass Valencians of the dangers the tempest posed.

And, connected Sunday, mud pies and bare bottles were hurled astatine King Felipe and his wife, Queen Letizia, who were visiting the impacted region. Queen Letizia could beryllium seen with mud speckled implicit her face, portion 1 of the bodyguards escorting the royals successful Paiporta had seemingly been deed by an entity arsenic helium had a chopped connected his forehead, which caused humor to tally down his face.

The furious assemblage shouted "murderers" and different insults astatine the royals and authorities officials similar Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the sojourn connected Sunday.