Woman rescued in Spain after being trapped in car for three days

Three days after the deadly flash floods in Spain, emergency forces in the badly-hit Valencia region were able to rescue a woman trapped inside a car alongside the dead body of her sister-in-law.

Police in the municipality of Moncada shared a video on social media platform X showing the president of Valencia's civil defence, Martín Pérez, delivering the news of the woman's rescue to employees amid applause.

The woman is said to have been trapped in the vehicle in the municipality of Benetússer, south of the city of Valencia, for three days alongside the body of her sister-in-law, news agency Europapress reported citing the local Las Provincias newspaper.

Rescue workers heard her screaming as they towed away cars stuck in a tunnel. The woman was taken for a medical examination, but no further details about her state were initially known.

According to the latest figures from the Spanish government, 211 people lost their lives in the severe storms on Tuesday, most of them in the Valencia region.