At least 205 are already victims of flash floods in Spain, with 202 of them in the hardest-hit region of Valencia, emergency services in the region said Friday, CNN reported.
This is Spain's deadliest natural disaster in decades.
Pending the death toll is expected to rise. Emergency workers are struggling to rescue those trapped and retrieve their bodies. Authorities warned on Friday that roads had collapsed in some areas and emergency workers were unable to access those in need.
The Spanish armed forces have already rescued 4,607 people, Spain's Territorial Policy Minister Angel Perez said on Friday.
The Association about sharing information about the missing through social media, SOS Desaparecidos, said it had received reports of at least 1,300 people who remain missing.
Country has experienced significant fall storms in recent years, but nothing approaching the devastation caused over the past few days.
Judicial the palace in Valencia was turned into a temporary morgue.
In neighborhood of La Torre, where the water reached chest level, volunteers continue to search for more missing people.
Save crews found the bodies of seven people in an underground car park there on Thursday.
The father of one of those who died in the garage, a local policeman told El Mundo that people rushed to move their cars, but the water rose faster than they expected and trapped them. Another woman was swept into the parking lot by the moving water and died, he said.
In the town of Paiporta near Valencia, at least 62 people died.
Very drivers found themselves caught in water on a highway and swept away with their cars as a nearby river overflowed onto the road. A bridge also collapsed in the area.
Most - around six people died in a nursing home on the outskirts of the city, the mayor of Paiporta told Spanish national television. Although staff were able to get most of the elderly to the first floor, they could not save everyone.
Mud still fills the streets in many areas, with Valencia's mayor sharing photos of the community's cleanup efforts on Friday. “Vehicles are removed, the square is cleaned and food and water are collected”.
Carlos Mazon, the president of Valencia's regional government, defended his administration amid accusations that authorities failed to warn residents in time.
" ;The forecasts we received initially did not foresee this weather escalation,” he said in a video posted on X.
Mazon said the regional government had sent numerous "red signals" on the day of the storm, “including an SMS alert reserved for the worst possible scenario.”
In Heavy rain continued in parts of Spain on Friday and authorities issued a red alert overnight for the Huelva coast in Andalusia, where 140mm of rain fell in just 12 hours.