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In the Spanish town of Algemesi, people are angry.The suburb of Raval was one of the worst hit by flash flooding but residents feel abandoned. At least 158 people have been killed in the disaster in eastern Spain - with the worst of the flooding concentrated around the Valencia region.Spain floods latest: Looting breaks out as flood deaths surpass 150 "When the alert came the water was already two metres high," Carolina shouts from her balcony. "There were no police, firefighters or the mayor. No one came to rescue us." The distress is echoed street after street.Carmen puts her head in her hands and weeps."They have lost everything," she says, pointing at her neighbours' houses.Read more: 'People were crying, they were trapped'Utterly random damage in town where...

Emergency responders are searching for bodies inside stranded cars and buildings following deadly flash floods in Spain that have killed at least 158 people.Scenes of destruction have been left in the wake of the powerful floodwaters which hit the east of the country late on Tuesday and early Wednesday, marking Spain's worst natural disaster this century. Cars have been piled high on top of each other, homes and businesses have been swept away, trees have been uprooted, and roads and bridges have been left unrecognisable.Spain flooding latest: Looting breaks out as flood deaths rise Image: Damaged cars along a road on the outskirts of Valencia. Pic: Reuters At least 92 people have died in the worst-hit region of Valencia, w...

Young people in Shanghai were bracing themselves for a big party on Halloween night, but a police crackdown on costumes has left China's most international city with rain-sodden empty streets.In a four-hour walk around the bar and nightclub area of Shanghai, we saw two people in Halloween costumes. They told us they had registered their outfits with the police. The police were the only ones out in force, with half a dozen officers on every corner ensuring the streets stayed quiet with no raucous revellers.This all kicked off last weekend when Halloween fans started wearing their costumes out, including a couple of Spidermen, a Buddha, and a fake policeman.According to social media footage that appeared on Chinese sites and then X, the real police then bundled the partygoers away and ordere...

To walk through the streets of Paiporta is to see nature at its most vicious. Everywhere, there is chaos in this town. Lives have been ripped apart, turned upside down and ended. Spain floods latest: Looting breaks out as flood deaths surpass 150You can't drive into Paiporta, a suburb about 4 miles to the southwest of Valencia, so we cover the final mile by foot. For most of the walk, we pass past fruit groves. The sun is getting warmer.It could be a normal day. Except then you arrive in the town, and normality has gone. We turn a corner and find a road that has been wholly blocked by a wall of cars, thrown together. To the side, a family is wading through their garage, which is under three feet of water. All around is a bizarre medley of debris. Most of it ...