The mayor of a Spanish town entirely cut off by severe flooding has warned that the deluge could have caused “dozens of deaths”.
Maribel Albalat said Paiporta, 10 km southwest of Valencia, said “nothing works” and the town does not “even have water”. 

The mayor said she feared “dozens” of deaths as rescuers deal with fallout of “apocalyptic” flooding which overwhelmed his town and others along the mountainous coastline of east Spain.

At least 64 deaths were recorded across the region by Wednesday afternoon, local authorities said.

Ms Albalat said it was “worse than the flood of 1957”, which killed at least 81 people in the Valencia region.

As rescuers sift through the flood damage, which submerged villages and severed roads, there are fears that the toll will rise significantly.