Flood survivor found after three days trapped in car

According to civil defense services, the woman became trapped in her car in the municipality of Benetusser due to the sudden disaster. She remained in the car for three days next to her deceased sister-in-law. Local officials reported that after being freed, the victim was immediately taken to the nearest hospital.

Rescuers found the woman when they heard her desperate cries for help among a pile of abandoned vehicles. She was trapped in one of the tunnels. The flash flood likely caught drivers by surprise as they traveled through this structure.

After three days, we found a living person in the car," Spanish media quoted Martin Perez, president of the Regional Civil Defense, who shared the joyous news with volunteers.

After nearly four days of intense rainfall and flooding, authorities have confirmed the death of 213 people. The exact number of missing persons remains unknown, though some Spanish media report that more than a thousand people are being searched for. From Wednesday to Saturday evening, the police received over 2,500 missing person reports.

Volunteers continue to pour into the hardest-hit province of Valencia, eager to help mitigate the disaster's effects and search for the missing. Currently, over 100,000 volunteers are active in the region.

Saturday, however, brought another tragic event. Medical services reported that in the town of Chiva near Valencia, a group of 20 volunteers suffered carbon dioxide poisoning. Volunteers were cleaning one of the flooded garages when a pump used during the work malfunctioned.

The tragedy in Spain is considered the largest flood in Europe since 1967, when at least 500 people died in Portugal.