The floods have caused widespread disruption to rail and air travel across the south and east of the country. A high-speed train with about 300 people on board derailed near Malaga on Tuesday but rail authorities said there were no fatalities.
“We are facing an unprecedented situation,” Carlos Mazón, head of Valencia’s regional government, told reporters Wednesday.
The disaster in Spain comes after devastating floods in central Europe last month killed at least two dozen people. The likelihood of such floods has been greatly increased by global warming, climatologists have warned.
