24 Jan, 2019 @ 14:40
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IN VIDEOS: At least Four killed as rain and extreme flooding wreak havoc in Spain

AT least four people have been killed following heavy rainfall and flooding in Asturias. 

Four men, aged 62, 41, 42 and 70 have been killed by the extreme weather, which has seen large parts of the region submerged under water.

Roads and railway tracks have collapsed following the onslaught of rainfall which began yesterday morning.

The lifeless body of one man, 41, was found in Tineo earlier today after he disappeared at around 2pm on Wednesday.

Another victim, 42, died in the early hours of this morning after he left his car and was washed away down a 500-metre slope in Salas.

Elsewhere, a 62-year-old man died at around 8am Thursday while trying to pick up two of his friends.

As he exited his vehicle, the water proved too strong and carried him away to his death.

A 70-year-old also died this morning when his car was carried 50 metres after a road collapsed in La Colladiella.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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