Desperate Search for Survivors as Spain Floods Kill 158: What to Know [Video]

On Tuesday, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path in a matter of minutes.

Pictures of vehicles washed into piles have been plastered across social media.

With no time to react, Spaniards were trapped in cars as their homes and businesses were destroyed.

Two days later, authorities have recovered 158 bodies—155 in the eastern Valencia region alone, two in Castilla-La Mancha, and one in Andalusia—and continue to search for an unknown number of missing people.

People have begun to clean up the thick layers of mud that covered houses and streets full of debris, all while facing power and water cuts and shortages of some basic goods.

How Did Spain’s Flash Floods Get So Bad?

Storms concentrated over the Magro and …