Almost all the deaths – 155 – have been recorded in the region, with two more in Castilla-La Mancha and another, a British man, in Andalusia
Valencia residents have described “nightmare” scenes, with one telling our reporter: “We all know someone who has died”
Emergency teams are continuing to search for those missing – hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to Valencia to assist with the operation
The scale of the destruction caused by the torrential rainfall in Spain can be hard to grasp.
We’ve looked at satellite imagery of a 7km (4.3-mile) stretch of residential neighbourhoods south of Valencia.
The area overlooks a lagoon surrounded by rice fields in the Albufera Natural Park and is prone to flooding.
But the extraordinary volume of rainwater that fell in such a short space of time burst the banks of the river Turia and flooded thousands of people’s homes.
So much sediment was carried out to sea by the river that it can be seen from space miles off Spain’s Mediterranean coast.
Video footage from earlier shows some rescuers battling shoulder-high floodwater to look for survivors. The Valencian president has called on Spain’s army to distribute aid and help with clearing the wreckage caused by the floods.
“The government informs me that tomorrow at 8 in the morning a first wave will join to work during the day,” he writes in a post on X.
The army will also help co-ordinate flood relief operations, he adds.
