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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
Hello, I'm Celia Hatton, coming to you live from London.
We start today focusing on monumental flooding in large parts of Spain following torrential rain.
One town, Chiva, in the Valencia region, recorded one year's worth of rain in just eight hours.
The authorities in eastern Spain say at least 62 people have now died and dozens are unaccounted for in flash floods around Valencia.
Videos shared on social media show cars floating along swollen, muddy rivers.
Some people are shown clinging to trees or rooftops to avoid being swept away.
These local residents in Le Tour, in the neighboring region of Castilla La Mancha, describe the situation there.
A flash flood came down.
It wasn't raining here, but it came down from the mountains.
It was already coming down with pine trees, branches and everything at the same time.
It came down very strongly.
Yes, it went all the ravine down.