Written by Miguel Pereira
ALFAFAR, Spain – After devastating flash floods killed at least 95 people in eastern Spain, Francisco Baixauri struggled on foot through mud, rubble and wrecked cars to get from his workplace to his hometown of Alfafar for 30 minutes. It took two days to cover the kilometer.
His arrival, carrying a rucksack, brought tears of joy to his wife and son, who had feared for their lives, especially in the early stages of Tuesday’s flooding.
“We were very scared because my husband didn’t come home and we didn’t know where he was. We saw the water going down and the water rising up. “You could see desperate people, some running trying to reach their homes. Cars were streaming down the street,” said his wife, Angela Muñoz.
“Then there was no electricity, no water, and we were stuck there not knowing what was going to happen.”
Spain on Thursday reissued a storm warning for parts of eastern Valencia, where the first rain in a year fell in eight hours on Tuesday. Rescuers are still searching flooded fields and stranded cars for missing people after the worst flooding in Spain’s modern history.
Returning from the port of Sagunto, Baishauri, 53, had to stay in a neighborhood just five kilometers away from Alfafar, “the only place I could reach.”
“I called my wife and son and they told me that he was doing well at home and that it was impossible for him to come here until today,” he said.
The family reunited with their dog and toured nearby streets where neighbors were clearing debris.
“Until today, we had no water or electricity, and we were eating sandwiches for two days… Everything in the fridge is rotten and we can’t even take a shower,” Muñoz said.
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