An elderly woman has been airlifted to safety in Spain after the country was hit by the worst flooding in recent history and at least 95 people were killed.

Spanish rescuers are desperately scouring for survivors among mud-caked towns and villages or in the wreckage of vehicles, some still with bodies of the dead trapped inside.

Footage captures the moment Spain’s military emergency unit rescued the distressed woman, who appeared unable to move, using a large metal cage attached to a helicopter.

A separate video shows a baby being airlifted to safety in the arms of a rescuer. 

Spain has begun three days of mourning after a Mediterranean storm unleashed torrential rains and torrents of water, sweeping away people, cars and homes and killing 92 in Valencia alone.

Over 1,200 military personnel and rescuers equipped with drones are involved in the effort as King Felipe VI warned that the emergency was “still not over”.