20 Jan, 2020 @ 12:30
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BREAKING: Death toll of Storm Gloria reaches two after woman killed in Spain’s Valencia

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STORM Gloria has claimed another victim after a woman was found dead in Valencia this morning. 

The 54-year-old Romanian had died from hypothermia and was found in a park in Gandia by town hall workers.

The victim was homeless and had been sleeping rough in the area with her husband for some time.

Both had refused to go to government run shelters.

It comes after a man was killed in Asturias yesterday when he was hit by a van which had lost control on the snow-covered roads.

Red weather alerts have been extended to Valencia and Alicante today as rain, snow and deadly sea conditions continue.

Alicante airport has been forced to remain closed for the entirety of Monday.

It comes as many coastal areas have been almost completely destroyed, including the popular El Arenal in Alicante.

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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