Expat teacher outside Valencia unable to leave town

An expat teacher living south of Valencia in Spain says he is unable to leave his town due to being “surrounded by water” following flash flooding in the region.

John Fahy, 55, who lives in a seaside town called Cullera, also reported there being no food in the supermarkets, with no new supplies expected for a while.

At least 158 people have been killed in Spain’s worst flooding disaster this century, with rescue workers searching for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings.

Some 155 deaths have been confirmed in the eastern Valencia region alone, while two people were killed in the neighbouring Castilla La Mancha region and a British man died in southern Andalusia.

“The army was only sent in two, three hours ago, because now they’re finding more bodies in garages,” Mr Fahy, from Dublin, told the PA news agency.

“We can’t leave our town because it’s flooded…

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