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Biel Aliño / EPA

Floods in Valencia, Spain: then and now – in pictures

Paiporta in Valencia province
Paiporta in Valencia province. Photograph: EPA/Biel Alino

The worst floods to hit Spain in decades on 29 October killed at least 230 people, covered towns in mud and debris, destroyed bridges, roads and rail lines and submerged cars, mainly in the eastern region of Valencia.

A report from Spain’s Higher Council of Colleges of Architects said “the degree of destruction and ruin was historic” in the Valencia region, where 80 towns were deluged by torrential rain.

A street in the village of Sedavi

A church in Paiporta

Railway tracks in Sedavi

A street in Paiporta

Railway tracks in Sedavi

A street in Paiporta

A highway in Horno de Alcedo

A street in Sedavi

A street in Paiporta

A street in Paiporta

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