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Flash Floods Kill 102-Year-Old Woman and Leave 90 Having to Be Rescued as They Sweep Through Spanish Town

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By JAMIE BOYS, REPORTER and NATALIA PENZA Published: 04:34 EDT, 3 October 2026 | Updated: 08:55 EDT, 3 October 2026 A 102-year-old woman has died and 90 people have had to be rescued following flash floods in a Spanish town.The woman was found lifeless inside her home in Madrigueras, 120 miles north-west of Alicante yesterday evening. Floodwater…

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The rains are expected to continue well into next week.

·Helsinki, Finland
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In Spain, in Madrigueras, the inhabitants did not see the water rise. Sobs of impotence, Friday night, in front of the torrent. A flood occurred in a few minutes and took cars. A 102-year-old woman died in her home, drowned under a meter of water on the ground floor. It was difficult for the rescue to enter the town surrounded by water. The flood spilled into the emergency department of a hospital. The time is now at the cleaning, but it will ta…

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The petition will be approved on Tuesday so that the municipality can access state funds destined to compensate the damages

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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After dropping up to 142 liters per square metre in just two and a half hours

·Barcelona, Spain
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In the afternoon-night of last Friday, the town of Madrigueras suffered a torrential rain that left more than 140 liters per square metre in approximately two hours and caused a flood that denied streets, houses and shops, dragged vehicles and caused significant material damage.The storm began around 18:15 hours, but according to several residents of the town to ABC, the alert message to mobile phones did not arrive until 19:40 hours, when the w…

·Madrid, Spain
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Flooding in the southeastern Spanish town of Madrigalles has claimed the life of a 102-year-old woman. Madrigalles, with a population of around 4,000, is located near the city of Albacete in the Spanish autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha. Authorities said...

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Blick broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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