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Storm Adam kills at least five in eastern Spain as Valencia towns are flooded AGAIN two years after disaster

Storm Adam kills at least five in eastern Spain as Valencia towns are flooded AGAIN two years after disaster

Pego in Alicante province recorded 632mm of rainfall in just 36 hours, while Oliva received 600 litres per square metre in a single day. Among the dead are a 79-year-old woman discovered at her home in Oliva and a man who suffered a fatal heart attack at a campsite. The Civil Guard reports that more than 2,000 people were evacuated, the majority from Oliva, with around 400 residents spending the night in the town's municipal centre.

Els Poblets chef Javier Fornez: 'Some people have lost everything all over again.'

Shelter orders covered 800,000 residents on Monday morning, falling to 87,000 by late afternoon.

Ibiza's main airport closed twice, with 27 flights cancelled and 16 diverted.

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